deadmelt
deadmelt verb: to melt steel at high temperatures in order to deoxidize it.
Verb
deadmelt (third-person singular simple present deadmelts, present participle deadmelting, simple past and past participle deadmelted)
- To melt steel at high temperatures in order to deoxidize it.
- At 0.09 per cent. carbon the bath is usually underdone.” because a relatively high temperature is required to deadmelt at this carbon.1917, The Engineer - Volume 124, page 277
- From these two heats it became apparent that steels of this composition, when deadmelted, tend to run several times higher in hydrogen than carbon steels.1949, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Incorporated, Proceedings, page 289
Noun
deadmelt (plural deadmelts)
- The process of deadmelting steel.
- My proposition is to take otherwise finished steel from the Bessemer or open-hearth furnace, and hold it liquid, let us say thirty minutes, giving the oxides a chance to float up and the steel a chance to rest, thus giving it the equivalent of the deadmelt in the crucible.1911, Transactions of the American Electrochemical Society
- A "sufficient amount" is defined as the gross charge weight of the alloy that is required to add the deficient weight of metal to the heat after the deadmelt oxidation losses have taken place.1964, Management Accounting - Volume 46, Issues 1-6, page 14
Forms of deadmelt
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | deadmelts |
| present participle | deadmelting |
| past participle | deadmelted |
| past | deadmelted |
| alternative form | dead-melt |
| alternative form | dead melt |
| Noun | |
| plural | deadmelts |
Questions about deadmelt
- What does deadmelt mean?
- Deadmelt means to melt steel at high temperatures in order to deoxidize it.
- What part of speech is deadmelt?
- Deadmelt can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of deadmelt?
- The past tense of deadmelt is deadmelted.
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