air-hardening
[ air-hahr-dn-ing ]
adjectiveMetallurgy.
noting any metal, especially alloy steel, that can be hardened from above its transformation point by cooling in air.
Origin of air-hardening
1First recorded in 1905–10
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How to use air-hardening in a sentence
This alloy, because hardened simply in air, was called “air-hardening” or “self-hardening.”
Inventors at Work | George Iles
British Dictionary definitions for air hardening
air hardening
noun
a process of hardening high-alloy steels by heating and cooling in a current of air: Compare oil hardening
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