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coronite

coronite noun: tiny grains of titanium nitride evenly dispersed in a heat treatable steel matrix, resulting in a manufactured material that combines the toughness of steel with the wear resistance of carbide.

Noun

coronite (plural coronites)

  1. Tiny grains of titanium nitride evenly dispersed in a heat treatable steel matrix, resulting in a manufactured material that combines the toughness of steel with the wear resistance of carbide.
    • In the context of the upper slice of the Sobrado unit, the presence of high-P granoblastic granulites and the low Na contents of clinopyroxene in the coronites indicate that the latter represent arrested stages during transformation to granulite.2002, José R. Martínez Catalán, Ricardo Arenas, “Prograde development of corona textures in metagabbros of the Sobrado unit (Ordenes Complex, northwestern Iberian Massif)”, in José R. Martínez...
    • Four stages in the evolution of the Allalin gabbro can be recognized: […]
      2. Coronites, with olivine or its pseudomorphs surrounded by garnet rims. Plagioclase in these rocks is pseudomorphed by jadeite-bearing assemblages.2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, in Photo Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 87

Forms of coronite

pluralcoronites

Origin of coronite

From corona + -ite.

Words formed from coronite

Questions about coronite

What does coronite mean?
Coronite means tiny grains of titanium nitride evenly dispersed in a heat treatable steel matrix, resulting in a manufactured material that combines the toughness of steel with the wear resistance of carbide.
What part of speech is coronite?
Coronite is a noun.
What is the plural of coronite?
The plural of coronite is coronites.

Words near coronite in the dictionary

  1. coronins
  2. coronion
  3. coronions
  4. coronis
  5. Coronita
  6. coronite
  7. coronites
  8. coronitic
  9. coronitis
  10. coronium
  11. coronoapical

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