spheroidite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A soft, ductile form of carbon steel producing by heating under certain conditions, and having a structure of rods or spheres of cementite within the primary structure.

Word forms

spheroidite spheroidites

Etymology

From spheroid + -ite.

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