salt bath

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

Example Sentences

Take a salt bath, by going into the ocean, or in your own tub, using a full pint of common salt.

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Tell the Captain that I have spent the day in a salt-bath, and mean to pass the night in my bed.

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

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To many the daily salt bath is the most delightful feature of the trip.

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The salt bath is advised and the time to take it is just before retiring.

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