bainite

[bey-nahyt]

noun Metallurgy.

an aggregate of iron carbide and ferrite, formed from austenite below the temperature at which pearlite forms and above that at which martensite forms.

Origin of bainite

1930–35; after Edgar C. Bain (1891–1971), American physicist and metallurgist; see -ite¹

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British Dictionary definitions for bainite

bainite

noun

a mixture of iron and iron carbide found in incompletely hardened steels, produced when austenite is transformed at temperatures between the pearlite and martensite ranges

Word Origin for bainite

C20: named after Edgar C. Bain (1891–1971), American physicist; see -ite 1

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