Mushet steel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An early self-hardening tool steel of varying composition, having tungsten as the main alloying constituent, with lesser amounts of manganese and carbon.

Word forms

Mushet steel Mushet steels

Etymology

Invented in 1868 by Robert Forester Mushet.

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