Definitions for martensite

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martensite mar·tens·ite

Spelling: [mahr-tn-zahyt]

IPA: /ˈmɑr tnˌzaɪt/

Martensite is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 977 anagrams from letters in martensite (aeeimnrstt).

Definitions for martensite

noun

1. a metastable microconstituent of any of various forms of carbon steel, produced by undercooling sufficiently below the normal transformation temperature, especially a hard, brittle product of the decomposition of austenite, produced in this way.

Origin of martensite

1895-1900; named after Adolf Martens (died 1914), German metallurgist; see -ite¹

Examples for martensite

Below the temperature of the point F the martensite becomes heterogeneous, and forms pearlite.