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Armco, n.|ˈaːmkəʊ|
Also armco.
[f. the initial letters of American Rolling Mill Company, former name of the manufacturing company.]
1. A proprietary name for a soft iron of high purity. Usu. attrib.
1920Trade Marks Jrnl. 11 Aug. 1471 Armco. Iron in bars, billets, ingots..all being unwrought or partly wrought iron used in manufacture. 1920Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 19 Oct. 515/2 Armco... Bars, billets, castings, forgings, [etc.]... Claims use since Aug. 1, 1910. 1925Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. CXI. 571 The materials used in the investigation were Armco iron and mild steels. 1931Ann. Reg. 1930 61 The specimens used were prepared by heating armco iron for twelve hours at 1,500°C. 1973P. Hancock et al. in Chem. Metall. Iron & Steel 415/1 The oxide films formed on Armco iron and low-carbon steel have been shown to fail continually during isothermal growth at temperatures in the range 530°C–800°C.
2. A proprietary name for a crash barrier for a motorway or racing track.
1961Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 21 Nov. tm83 Armco... For..guard-rails,..reinforcing bars [etc.]. 1962Trade Marks Jrnl. 16 May 599/2 Armco... Bridge decking, fences and guardrails. 1977Custom Car Nov. 11/3 Paul took an involuntary nap at the wheel on the M4. An Armco barrier woke him up to the loss of one side of the car plus front suspension. 1986Motoring News 27 Aug. 6/1 A car hit the barrier..and instantly burst into flames, finally coming to rest after skating along the armco for some 150 yards. |