Coronite

Quick meaning: Coronite is a noun meaning (mineralogy) Tiny grains of titanium nitride evenly dispersed in a heat treatable steel matrix, resulting in a manufactured material that combines the toughness of steel with the wear resistance of carbide.

Meaning

(mineralogy) Tiny grains of titanium nitride evenly dispersed in a heat treatable steel matrix, resulting in a manufactured material that combines the toughness of steel with the wear resistance of carbide.

Example Sentences

Four stages in the evolution of the Allalin gabbro can be recognized: […] 2. Coronites, with olivine or its pseudomorphs surrounded by garnet rims. Plagioclase in these rocks is pseudomorphed by jadeite-bearing assemblages.

In the context of the upper slice of the Sobrado unit, the presence of high-P granoblastic granulites and the low Na contents of clinopyroxene in the coronites indicate that the latter represent arrested stages during transformation to granulite.

Word Forms

• coronites

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coronadite, ferrotitanium, carbonitride, yttrocrasite, cuprotitanium, cementite.

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