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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
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