salt bath

British  

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

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salt bath

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

She can explain the intricacies of heating glass in an ion potassium salt bath.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2015

There are two varieties: I. Soft, cured in brine and still soft and mild after two months in the salt bath.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown