recarburize

especially British, re·car·bu·rise

[ree-kahr-buh-rahyz, -byuh-]

verb (used with object)

Metallurgy.

recarburized, recarburizing 

1. to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.

Other Word Forms

• recarburization noun
• recarburizer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of recarburize¹

First recorded in 1925–30; re- + carburize

Example Sentences

Manganese ores are used mainly in the manufacture of steel, the alloys spiegeleisen and ferromanganese being added to the molten steel after treatment in the Bessemer converter and open-hearth furnace in order to recarburize and purify the metal.

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