- Crucible steel
- Crucible steel Cru"ci*ble steel Cast steel made by fusing in crucibles crude or scrap steel, wrought iron, and other ingredients and fluxes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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Crucible steel
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crucible steel — n. a high grade steel made by melting special steel mixes in a crucible furnace or by fusing flux, wrought iron, and carbon: used for making knives, tools, etc … English World dictionary
Crucible steel — Iron alloy phases Ferrite (α iron, δ iron) Austenite (γ iron) Pearlite (88% ferrite, 12% cementite) … Wikipedia
crucible steel — noun steel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a crucible • Hypernyms: ↑steel * * * noun : hard cast steel (as for dies and cutting tools) made in pots that are lifted from the furnace before the metal is … Useful english dictionary
crucible steel — steel made in a crucible, esp. a high grade steel prepared by melting selected materials. [1875 80] * * * … Universalium
crucible steel — /krusəbəl ˈstil/ (say kroohsuhbuhl steel) noun steel made in a crucible, especially a high grade steel prepared by melting selected materials …
crucible steel — noun A high grade steel, used in tools and dies, originally made by fusing wrought iron and charcoal in a crucible … Wiktionary
crucible steel — noun Date: 1868 hard cast steel made in pots that are lifted from the furnace before the metal is poured into molds … New Collegiate Dictionary
steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying … Universalium
Crucible — For other uses, see Crucible (disambiguation). A modern crucible used in the production of silicon ingots via the Czochralski process A crucible is a container used for metal, glass, and pigment production as well as a number of modern laboratory … Wikipedia
Steel — For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). The steel cable of a colliery winding tower … Wikipedia
