solutionization

English

Etymology

From solution +‎ -ization.

Noun

solutionization (uncountable)

1. The act of solutionizing; the process of converting a metal alloy into a solid solution by a heat treatment.
   • 2022 March 15, Duy Nghia Luu, Wei Zhou, Sharon Mui Ling Nai, Yongjing Yang, “Mitigation of solute segregation during solutionization of selective laser melted Inconel 718 through micron-TiC addition”, in Journal of Alloys and Compounds, volume 897, Lausanne: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:

     As the samples were furnace cooled at the end of the solutionization treatment, the formation of this phase in both samples 1075–0 and 1075–1 was facilitated during the slow cooling process by the extra Nb available from the dissolved Laves phase.