crucible steel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of crucible steel
First recorded in 1875–80
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Largest maker of crucible steel; important producer of electric alloy steel; 1928 net income $5,634,-000; per share, $7.06; operating chiefly in Pittsburgh area.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1862 he exhibited in London an ingot of finest crucible steel weighing twenty-one tons.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
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
Crystalline graphite is used principally in the manufacture of crucibles for the melting of brass, bronze, crucible steel, and aluminum.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
Ten years of experience indicate that electric steel is equal to crucible steel and superior to open hearth.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)
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