nitriding

nitriding

English

Etymology

    From nitride + -ing.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪd.iŋ/

    Noun

    nitriding (plural nitridings)

    1. A method of case hardening steel by the surface absorption of nitrogen by heating with ammonia.
      • 2023, Eugene De Silva, Pramudi Abeydeera (editors), Innovations in Materials Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering Research, page 70:
        Stabilization of fluctuations by carbon creates prerequisites during nitriding for the transformation of the chromocarbon cluster into the nitride phase.

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