单词 | hardenability |
释义 | hardenabilityn. Metallurgy. The extent or degree to which a metal may be hardened or will undergo hardening; capacity for becoming hardened; spec. the propensity of steel to transform into martensite when cooled rapidly from an austenitic state. ΚΠ 1891 A. Vosmaer Mech. & Other Prop. Iron & Steel 45 Neither manganese nor any other element..can replace carbon for its property of giving a steel hardenability (so to call it). 1932 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 126 609 (heading) Factors affecting the inherent hardenability of steel. 1951 Engineering 14 Dec. 764/2 In some circumstances an alloy content was necessary in order to achieve the necessary hardenability of the steel. 2006 H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia & R. W. K. Honeycombe Steels (ed. 3) viii. 178 The most economical way of increasing the hardenability of a plain carbon steel is to increase the manganese content. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891 |
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