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AUSTENITIC STEEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Steel that has enough nickel and chromium or manganese to retain austenite at atmospheric temperatures
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("austenitic steel" is a kind of...):
steel (an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range)
Meronyms (substance of "austenitic steel"):
austenite (a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite)
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