decalescence

English

Noun

decalescence (countable and uncountable, plural decalescences)

1. A decrease in temperature that occurs while heating metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs.
   • 1919, Machinery's Handbook for Machine Shop and Drafting-room:

     The temperatures at which decalescence occurs vary with the amount of carbon in the steel, and are also higher for high-speed steel than for ordinary crucible steel.

   • 1964, Franklin D. Jones, Machine Shop Training Course - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 526:

     The decalescence point indicates the temperature at which a decided change In the Internal condition of steel takes place, and above which steel must be heated in order that it may be properly hardened by quenching.

   • 2017, Erik Oberg, Heat-Treatment of Steel, →ISBN:

     A very important feature is that steel containing hardening carbon, i.e., steel above the temperature of decalescence, is non-magnetic.

See also

• recalescence