Definitions for austenite

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austenite aus·ten·ite

Spelling: [aw-stuh-nahyt]

IPA: /ˈɔ stəˌnaɪt/

Austenite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 361 anagrams from letters in austenite (aeeinsttu).

Definitions for austenite

noun

1. a solid solution of carbon or of carbon and other elements in gamma iron, having a face-centered cubic lattice at all temperatures.
2. an allotrope of iron, stable between 910°C and 1400°C and having a face-centered cubic lattice; gamma iron.

Origin of austenite

1900-05; named after Sir W. C. Roberts-Austen (1843-1902), English metallurgist; see -ite¹

Examples for austenite

The white-hot, solid, but soft mass is now a conglomerate of “primary” austenite, “eutectic” austenite and “eutectic” cementite.

austenite may contain carbon in any proportion up to about 2.2%.

The first particles of austenite to freeze contain about 0.33% of carbon (p).

Ferrite and cementite, already described in 10, are the final products of the transformation of austenite in slow-cooling.