deˈcarburize, v.
[Cf. F. décarburer and carburize.]
= decarbonize v. So deˈcarburized ppl. a.; decarburiˈzation; decarbuˈration.
| 1856 W. Fairbairn in Encycl. Brit. XII. 553/2 The crude iron is..decarburised by the action of a blast of air. Ibid. 553/1 Difficulties have attended the decarburisation of iron containing so much carbon. Ibid., Converted into malleable iron..by decarburation in the refinery. 1881 J. Reese in Metal World No. 22. 344, I first decarburize and desiliconize the cast iron. 1880 W. C. Roberts Introd. Metallurgy 33 For determining the point at which decarburization has ceased in the Bessemer converter. |