sorbitize, v. Metallurgy.
(ˈsɔːbɪtaɪz)
[f. sorbite2 + -ize.]
trans. To convert (steel) into a form containing sorbite. Hence ˈsorbitized ppl. a., ˈsorbitizing vbl. n.; sorbitiˈzation, the process of sorbitizing.
| 1918 D. K. Bullens Steel (ed. 2) viii. 167 It required four quenchings to entirely sorbitize the steel. 1927 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. CXVI. 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. 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. 1930 Chem. Abstr. XXIV. 3740 (heading) Method of ‘sorbitization’ of rails used at Nadezhdinsky iron and steel works. 1968 Metals Abstr. I. 1266/2 (heading) Sorbitizing of rolled wire from the rolling heat. 1975 Ibid. VIII. 298/1 (heading) Wire-rod sorbitized from its temperature at the end of rolling. 1975 Chem. Abstr. July–Aug. 215/1 (heading) Sorbitization of carbon steel wire rod during continuous rolling. |