decarburize

American

[dee-kahr-buh-rahyz, -byuh-] / diˈkɑr bəˌraɪz, -bjə- /

especially British, decarburise

verb (used with object)

decarburized, decarburizing

to remove carbon from (molten steel, automobile cylinders, etc.).

decarburize British

/ diːˈkɑːbjʊˌraɪz /

verb

another word for decarbonize

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Etymology

Origin of decarburize

First recorded in 1855–60; de- + carburize

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decarburizing

Concentrating Matte to Copper in the Bessemer Converter.—As soon as the pneumatic method of decarburizing pig iron was accepted as practicable, experiments were made with a view to Bessemerizing copper ores and mattes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

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