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Carboloy

Carboloy noun: a composite material consisting of tungsten carbide particles cemented into a cobalt or nickel binder, notable for its hardness and heat-resistance, used e.g. in cutters and machine tools.

Noun

Carboloy (uncountable)

  1. (trademark) A composite material consisting of tungsten carbide particles cemented into a cobalt or nickel binder, notable for its hardness and heat-resistance, used e.g. in cutters and machine tools.

Origin of Carboloy

Blend of carbon + alloy. Originally (from 1928) a trademark of General Electric and its subsidiary GE Carboloy, the latter now a part of Seco Tools.

Questions about Carboloy

What does Carboloy mean?
Carboloy means a composite material consisting of tungsten carbide particles cemented into a cobalt or nickel binder, notable for its hardness and heat-resistance, used e.g. in cutters and machine tools.
What part of speech is Carboloy?
Carboloy is a noun.

Words near Carboloy in the dictionary

  1. carbolizing
  2. carboload
  3. carboloaded
  4. carboloading
  5. carboloads
  6. Carboloy
  7. carboluria
  8. carbomer
  9. carbomeric
  10. carbomers
  11. carbometalate

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