单词 | semi-steel |
释义 | > as lemmassemi-steel semi-steel n. Brit. /ˈsɛmɪstiːl/ , U.S. /ˈsɛˌmaɪˌstil/ , /ˈsɛmiˌstil/ a low-carbon cast iron produced by melting mild steel with pig iron in a furnace.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > cast iron > other types of cast iron grey iron1665 white iron1665 run metal1741 white cast iron1792 mottled iron1836 tender-floss1839 pot metal1854 semi-steel1858 silicon iron1878 white-heart1911 white-heart1928 1858 Q. Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 10 145 Mr. Bessemer claims the production..of a particular product called semi-steel. 1861 W. Fairbairn Iron 141 What he [Bessemer] calls semi-steel. 1929 Iron & Steel Industry 3 35 The metallurgist has long regarded the term ‘semi-steel’ as a misnomer, although the use of the term within the foundry business is harmless when it is simply made to imply the use of steel in a cast iron mixture... Instead, we have at present the innuendo that ‘semi-steel’ is more or less a definite iron-carbon alloy of superior properties compared to cast iron, whereas it is in reality an ‘unknown quantity’. 1958 Engineering 21 Mar. 384/2 The bottom grate is of heat resistant 30 per cent chrome semi-steel and is reversible for burning coal or coke. < as lemmas |
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