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air-hardening steel

noun

Definition of air-hardening steel

: an alloy steel that can be hardened by cooling from a temperature higher than the transformation range either in air or by quenching in a liquid

— called also self-hardening steel

First Known Use of air-hardening steel

1898, in the meaning defined above

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