sorbitizev.
/ˈsɔːbɪtʌɪz/ Metallurgy.
transitive. To convert (steel) into a form containing sorbite.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > harden, temper, or anneal > sorbitize, spheroidize, or normalize
normalize1902
sorbitize1918
spheroidize1918
1918 D. K. Bullens Steel & its Heat Treatm. (ed. 2) viii. 167 It required four quenchings to entirely sorbitize the steel.
1968 Metals Abstr. I. 1266/2 (heading) Sorbitizing of rolled wire from the rolling heat.
1975 Metals Abstr. VIII. 298/1 (heading) Wire-rod sorbitized from its temperature at the end of rolling.
Derivatives
sorbitiˈzation n. the process of sorbitizing.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > hardening, tempering, or annealing > sorbitization
sorbitizing1928
sorbitization1930
1930 Chem. Abstr. 24 3740 (heading) Method of ‘sorbitization’ of rails used at Nadezhdinsky iron and steel works.
1975 Chem. Abstr. July–Aug. 215/1 (heading) Sorbitization of carbon steel wire rod during continuous rolling.
sorbitized adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [adjective] > processed in other manners
overblown1879
killed1884
cogged1888
fluid-compressed1888
sorbitized1927
flat-rolled1935
1927 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 116 582 Conditions of working which tend to keep the oxide content of the bath at a minimum favour the production of sorbitised rails free from hair cracks.
ˈsorbitizing n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > hardening, tempering, or annealing > sorbitization
sorbitizing1928
sorbitization1930
1928 C. J. Allen Steel Highway i. viii. 97 Another popular means of toughening the steel is by heat treatment, the process known as ‘sorbitising’ adding considerably to the wearing capacity with but a moderate addition to the cost of the rails.
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