单词 | mild steel |
释义 | > as lemmasmild steel mild steel n. steel which contains only a low percentage of carbon, and is tough and easily worked but not readily tempered or hardened. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > other types of steel hardened steel1557 shear steel1815 blister-steel1831 mild steel1850 carbon steel1856 Bessemer steel1864 soft centre1865 silicon steel1882 weld-steel1884 rimmed steel1920 1850 Sci. Amer. 25 May 288/3 In converting iron into steel, a hundred weight of iron combines with from 4 to 12 ounces of carbon; the former proportion producing very mild steel, and the latter being the maximum dose for any useful purpose. 1868 F. H. Joynson Metals in Constr. 90 What is called in the trade ‘homogeneous iron’ is a species of ‘mild-steel’, and has been introduced by a Sheffield firm. 1939 Archit. Rev. 85 298 (caption) An assistant's desk of Australian silky oak on an enamelled mild steel tube frame. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XIII. 90/1 Steels containing about 0.25% carbon are classed as mild steels. 1992 Mech. Products & Tools July 1346/1 Packs of plain brass and mild steel (zinc plated) studding. < as lemmas |
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