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bainite

American  
[bey-nahyt] / ˈbeɪ naɪt /

noun

Metallurgy.

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

bainite British  
/ ˈbeɪnaɪt /

noun

  1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of bainite

1930–35; after Edgar C. Bain (1891–1971), American physicist and metallurgist; -ite 1

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