nitriding

English

Etymology

From nitride +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪd.iŋ/

Noun

nitriding (plural nitridings)

  1. A method of case hardening steel by the surface absorption of nitrogen by heating with ammonia.
    • 2023, Eugene De Silva, Pramudi Abeydeera (editors), Innovations in Materials Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering Research, page 70:
      Stabilization of fluctuations by carbon creates prerequisites during nitriding for the transformation of the chromocarbon cluster into the nitride phase.

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