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(rare) The conversion of iron into steel.
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The process or result of becoming alveolate
v
To form sand by arenization
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The process of coating with silver or a silver compound; silvering.
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The process by which a region becomes arid
n
The heating of iron (or another iron-based metal such as steel) to a temperature at which it changes crystal structure from ferrite to austenite.
n
(chemistry) The act or process of making something more basic; raising the pH of something.
n
The conversion of iron to steel by the Bessemer process
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(transitive) To treat with borax.
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To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
adj
Alternative spelling of carbonized
n
Alternative form of carbonizer [A machine that carries out carbonization.]
v
To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken.
v
(transitive) To convert into charcoal.
v
(transitive) To plate with chrome.
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The process of collodionizing.
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The process of copperizing.
v
To disperse an agglomerate into fine particles and form a colloid
n
The act or process of freeing from zinc.
v
Alternative form of dolomitize [(geology, transitive) To modify by dolomitization.]
v
(transitive) To convert into feldspar.
v
Alternative form of fenitise [(geology) To metamorphose into a fenite]
n
The process of making ferruginous.
n
Alternative spelling of fiberglassing
v
Alternative spelling of fossilize [(transitive) to make into a fossil]
v
(intransitive) to become a fossil
n
The act or process of galvanizing.
v
(geology, transitive) To convert into greisen.
n
That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
n
The act or process of hyalinizing. A condition in which normal tissue deteriorates into a homogeneous, translucent material.
n
Alternative form of maraging [(steel-making) A process that produces a tough, malleable form of steel (maraging steel) by means of heat treatment and precipitation hardening.]
n
(steel-making) A process that produces a tough, malleable form of steel (maraging steel) by means of heat treatment and precipitation hardening.
n
The process or operation of obtaining the mercury, in its fluid form, from mercuric minerals.
n
(rare) Alternative spelling of metallization [(physics) The act or process of metallizing]
n
(economics) Any economic system based on the value of metals (especially gold or silver).
n
Alternative form of monometallism [The use of only one metal (such as gold or silver) in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of monetary value.]
n
The process of nickelizing.
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Act or process of nitrogenizing.
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A form of rustproofing for steel surfaces.
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A process of desilverizing argentiferous lead by repeated meltings and skimmings, which concentrate the silver in the molten bath, the final skimmings being nearly pure lead.
n
Act or process of phosphorizing.
n
the process of coating (something) with platinum.
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(metallurgy) The formation of subgrains within the grains of a metal when worked
n
The process of becoming saline, or an instance of this.
n
The reduction of an ore to scoria, especially as a means of refining or assay.
adj
(metallurgy) Designating, or pertaining to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese, tungsten and manganese, chromium, molybdenum and manganese, etc. They are chiefly used as high-speed steels.
v
(transitive) to impregnate something with silica.
v
(informal, transitive) To enhance or reconstruct (a body part) with a prosthesis containing silicone.
n
Alternative form of silicification [(geology) Impregnation with silica; petrification.]
n
(metallurgy) The process of sorbitizing, especially in the hardening of metal by interrupted quenching.
n
The process of becoming steel, or an instance of this.
n
A process for toughening self-hardening steel by heating and cooling it to various temperatures in molten lead, oil, and air.
n
Any process that adds titanium to a material.
n
Alternative form of volcanization [The process of undergoing volcanic heat and being affected by it.]
n
A product of vulcanization
n
A substance (such as sulfur) added to rubber during this process.
n
The act or process of zincifying.
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