recarburise

English

Verb

recarburise (third-person singular simple present recarburises, present participle recarburising, simple past and past participle recarburised)

1. Alternative form of recarburize
   • 1903, Arthur Horseman Hiorns, Steel and Iron, for Advanced Students, page 422:

     In the early days of the Bessemer process attempts were made to recarburise iron in the converter by the addition of charcoal, but it was not then known that at high temperatures carbon is harder to oxidise than manganese and silicon, and unless oxygen is first removed the steel is useless.

   • 2015, John Campbell, Complete Casting Handbook, →ISBN:

     The placing of the mould immediately after casting into a bin filled with charcoal helps to recarburise the surface.