malleablize

[ mal-ee-uh-blahyz ]
/ ˈmæl i əˌblaɪz /

verb (used with object), mal·le·a·blized, mal·le·a·bliz·ing.

to make (white cast iron) malleable by annealing it so that the carbon is transformed to graphite or removed completely.

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Also especially British, mal·le·a·blise .

Origin of malleablize

First recorded in 1880–85; malleable + -ize

Words nearby malleablize

Malle, malleability, malleable, malleable cast iron, malleable iron, malleablize, malleate, mallee, mallee fowl, mallee root, mallemuck
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