cast steel — a term originally applied to crucible steel and sometimes today used to describe tool steels. The term is misleading and is falling into misuse. It can also be applied to steel castings made by pouring molten steel into a mold but which are not… … Mechanics glossary
Crucible steel — Cru ci*ble steel Cast steel made by fusing in crucibles crude or scrap steel, wrought iron, and other ingredients and fluxes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying … Universalium
Crucible steel — Iron alloy phases Ferrite (α iron, δ iron) Austenite (γ iron) Pearlite (88% ferrite, 12% cementite) … Wikipedia
Steel — For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). The steel cable of a colliery winding tower … Wikipedia
crucible steel — noun steel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a crucible • Hypernyms: ↑steel * * * noun : hard cast steel (as for dies and cutting tools) made in pots that are lifted from the furnace before the metal is … Useful english dictionary
crucible steel — noun Date: 1868 hard cast steel made in pots that are lifted from the furnace before the metal is poured into molds … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cast iron — For cookware, see Cast iron cookware. Iron alloy phases Ferrite (α iron, δ iron) Austenite (γ iron) … Wikipedia
crucible process — Technique for producing cast or tool steel. It was invented in Britain с 1740 by Benjamin Huntsman, who heated small pieces of carbon steel in a closed fireclay crucible placed in a coke fire. This was the first process used in Europe in which… … Universalium
Midvale Steel — Coordinates: 40°00′50″N 75°09′57″W / 40.01389°N 75.16583°W / 40.01389; 75.16583 Midvale Steel was a succession of steel ma … Wikipedia
pot steel — noun : a cast or crucible steel … Useful english dictionary