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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

By soaking glass in a chemical salt bath, the company also introduces compressive stress into the inside of the glass.

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

They only wanted a little salt bath before cooking.

From We Girls: a Home Story by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

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