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aus·ten·ite (ôs′tən īt′)

noun

a nonmagnetic solid solution of carbon or iron carbide in some iron, obtained in high carbon steels by rapid quenching and deformation at high temperatures

Etymology: Fr, after Sir Wm. C. Roberts-Austen (1843-1902), Eng metallurgist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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