Bower-Barffn.
/ˈbaʊəbɑːf/ Metallurgy.
Bower-Barff process n. a development of the Barff process (see quots. and Barff n.).
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > protecting metal with coating > methods of
Barff1880
Bower-Barff process1884
Bower-Barffing1940
1884 G. Bower in Trans. Soc. Engin. 1883 59 The coating consists of a film of magnetic oxide, and is produced directly by the Barff process, and indirectly by the joint process of the author and his son. So long as these were worked independently, the one was called the Barff, the other the Bower process; but now that the various English patents are in the hands of one company, they are worked together and the process is called the Bower-Barff process.
1944 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 150 83 The Bower-Barff process in which the steel is heated to about 800° C. for 20 min. first in air, then in superheated steam and finally in a producer-gas atmosphere.
Derivatives
Bower-Barffed adj. treated by this process. (Also with lower-case initials.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [adjective] > coated with substance to prevent corrosion
passivified1911
passivated1919
Parkerized1921
Bower-Barffed1952
1952 Archit. Rev. 111 138/2 A pan of twenty gallons working capacity in bower-barffed cast-iron.
Bower-Barffing n. treatment by this process.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > protecting metal with coating > methods of
Barff1880
Bower-Barff process1884
Bower-Barffing1940
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 106/2 Bower-Barffing, an anti~corrosion process applied to sanitary ironwork.
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