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manganese steels

manganese steels is the plural of manganese steel.

Meaning of manganese steel

Noun

manganese steel (countable and uncountable, plural manganese steels)

  1. Cast steel containing a considerable percentage (10-14%) of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough and highly resistant to wear.
    • During that period, the advantages of manganese steel, and of heat treatment by the sorbitic process, were advocated strongly on the Southern Area of that company.1952 February, “Chromium and Sorbitic Steel Rails”, in Railway Magazine, page 73

Questions about manganese steels

What is manganese steels the plural of?
Manganese steels is the plural of manganese steel.

Words near manganese steels in the dictionary

  1. manganese dioxide
  2. manganese group
  3. manganese nodule
  4. manganese nodules
  5. manganese steel
  6. manganese steels
  7. manganese tetrafluoride
  8. manganese-55
  9. manganesemia
  10. manganeses
  11. manganesian

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