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superduplex

superduplex adjective: of stainless steel: having a duplex structure (containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions) and also having unusually high hardness, strength or corrosion resistance.

Adjective

superduplex (not comparable)

  1. Of stainless steel: having a duplex structure (containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions) and also having unusually high hardness, strength or corrosion resistance.
    • Tungsten reinforces the effect of Mo, so that superduplex steel X2CrNiMoCuWN25-7-4 with 0.25% N, 0.8% W and 0.8% Cu reaches PREN > 40.2008, Hans Berns, Werner Theisen, translated by Gillian Scheibelein, Ferrous Materials: Steel and Cast Iron, Berlin; London: Springer, →ISBN, page 324

Origin of superduplex

From super- + duplex.

Questions about superduplex

What does superduplex mean?
Superduplex means of stainless steel: having a duplex structure (containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions) and also having unusually high hardness, strength or corrosion resistance.
What part of speech is superduplex?
Superduplex is an adjective.

Words near superduplex in the dictionary

  1. superduo
  2. superduos
  3. superduper
  4. superdupervenience
  5. superdupervenient
  6. superduplex
  7. superdurable
  8. superduty
  9. superdynamic
  10. superearthly
  11. supereasy

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