Acierate

Quick meaning: Acierate is a verb meaning (rare, transitive) To convert (iron) into steel, or to coat with a layer of steel by converting only the surface of the iron.

Meaning

(rare, transitive) To convert (iron) into steel, or to coat with a layer of steel by converting only the surface of the iron.

Example Sentences

The success of an attempt to acierate iron will depend on the amount of nitrogen contained by the iron during carburation.

As an economy measure, the manufacturer decided to use iron rather than steel, but to acierate the surface to limit oxidation.

Activities: Production of stone crushers (capacity from 0.3 to 2.5 metric tonnes a batch), blasting machines (compression capacity of 160 tonnes), and steel-acierating machines.

It was noted by Biringuccio in 1540, and described by Agricola in "De Re Metallica" 1561 — that a bar of wrought iron, kept immersed long in molten cast iron, became acierated by taking up the carbon of the cast iron.

Word Forms

• acierates
• acierating
• acierated

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include steelify, steel, metallify, bessemerize, rust, resteel.

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