English Explanatory Dictionary

bainite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A microstructure of steel consisting of needle-like particles of cementite embedded in a ferrite matrix.

Word forms

bainite bainites

Etymology

From Bain + -ite, after metallurgist Edgar Bain.

Derived words

bainite transition bainitic
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