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• quenching — [1] Dipping a heated object into water, oil or other substance, to quickly reduce the temperature. Quenching into water gives a more rapid cooling rate than into oil. The term also applies to cooling in salt and molten metal baths or by means of… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Water quenching — Water quenching. См. Закалка в воду. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

• Water-withe — Wa ter withe , n. (Bot.) A vinelike plant ({Vitis Carib[ae]a}) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• quenching — Rapid cooling, as by immersion in oil or water, of a metal object from the high temperature at which it is shaped. Quenching is usually done to maintain mechanical properties that would be lost with slow cooling. It is commonly applied to steel… …   Universalium

• quenching — rapid cooling from a high temperature by immersion in a liquid bath of oil or water. Molten salts may also be used. hot quenching interrupted quenching pot quenching …   Mechanics glossary

• Water injection (engines) — In internal combustion engines, water injection, also known as anti detonant injection, is spraying water into the cylinder or incoming fuel air mixture to cool the combustion chambers of the engine, allowing for greater compression ratios and… …   Wikipedia

• Water 1st International — Infobox Non profit Non profit name = Water 1st International Non profit Non profit type = Non Government Organisation location = Seattle, WA USA focus = water, sanitation and hygiene education projects Non profit slogan = We envision a world free …   Wikipedia

• quenching — 1. The process of extinguishing, removing, or diminishing a physical property such as heat or light; e.g., the cooling of a hot metal rapidly by plunging it into water or oil. 2. In beta liquid scintillation counting, the shifting of the energy… …   Medical dictionary

• quenching bath — noun : water, oil, or other liquid in which heated metal is plunged for hardening …   Useful english dictionary

• steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …   Universalium

• metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …   Universalium