steelification rare.
(stiːlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)
[f. steelify v.: see -fication.]
The action of the verb steelify; the process of converting iron into steel.
1875 Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 899 In the production of natural steel, the molecules of metal which compose the mass are per se charged with a certain percentage of carbon necessary for their steelification. 1888 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. CXXV. 304 The steelification is so equalized throughout the mass that [etc.]. |