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salt bath

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noun

  1. metallurgy a bath of molten salts in which steel can be immersed to soak to a uniform and accurately maintained temperature as part of the process of heat treatment. Different salts are used for different temperatures

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But tonight she mentioned a salt bath, or wet brine, which does sound like a more uniform way to draw out water from the cabbage.

From Salon Apr. 25, 2022

X-ray crystallography saturates proteins in a salt bath solution until they form crystals akin to rock candy.

From National Geographic Dec. 31, 2020

The main way that glass makers strengthen glass is through tempering, which can either be an intense heating process or a chemical treatment, like the aforementioned salt bath.

From The Verge Oct. 19, 2018

On the line, his mother demanded he stock up on salt – she had received a text message circulating with the "cure" of a hot salt bath before dawn.

From The Guardian Aug. 13, 2014

When they reach that part of the establishment, the first thing that is done with them is to throw them face down upon the surface of a salt bath.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 by Various

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