Definitions for martensite



Overview of noun martensite

The noun martensite has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. martensite

(a solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed; responsible for the hardness of quenched steel)


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