blister steel

American  

noun

Metallurgy.

1. steel produced from wrought iron by cementation in covered pots, having a blistered appearance because of the gases generated during the process.

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Etymology

Origin of blister steel

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The bars of blister steel are broken into pieces about 18 inches long, and tied together in bundles by strong steel wire.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan

The iron combines with a portion of the carbon to form blister steel, so named because of the blisters which are found on the surface of the bars when they are removed from the furnace.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan

Open hearth steel, crucible steel and blister steel, prior to this, had been the principal products, but were manufactured by processes too slow and too expensive to take the place of iron.

From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by Walker, James Herbert

The kinds of steel used where elasticity is desired are known as spring steel, blister steel, and shear or double-shear steel, although, for small springs, steel of the tool-steel class is often employed.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

To form cast steel the bars of blister steel are broken into pieces and melted into crucibles.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan