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ALL meanings of austenite

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  • noun austenite a solid solution of carbon in face-centred-cubic gamma iron, usually existing above 723°C 3
  • noun austenite the gamma phase of iron, stabilized at low temperatures by the addition of such elements as nickel 3
  • noun austenite a nonmagnetic solid solution of carbon or iron carbide in some iron, obtained in high carbon steels by rapid quenching and deformation at high temperatures 3
  • noun austenite A solid solution of carbon in a nonmagnetic form of iron, stable at high temperatures. It is a constituent of some forms of steel. 1
  • noun austenite a solid solution of carbon or of carbon and other elements in gamma iron, having a face-centered cubic lattice at all temperatures. 1
  • noun austenite an allotrope of iron, stable between 910°C and 1400°C and having a face-centered cubic lattice; gamma iron. 1
  • noun austenite A solid solution or carbon or ferric carbide in iron that exists in steel at high temperatures. 0
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