释义 |
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.
1918D. K. Bullens Steel (ed. 2) viii. 167 It required four quenchings to entirely sorbitize the steel. 1927Jrnl. 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. 1928C. 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. 1930Chem. Abstr. XXIV. 3740 (heading) Method of ‘sorbitization’ of rails used at Nadezhdinsky iron and steel works. 1968Metals Abstr. I. 1266/2 (heading) Sorbitizing of rolled wire from the rolling heat. 1975Ibid. VIII. 298/1 (heading) Wire-rod sorbitized from its temperature at the end of rolling. 1975Chem. Abstr. July–Aug. 215/1 (heading) Sorbitization of carbon steel wire rod during continuous rolling. |