to quench steel

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• Quench — Quench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quenching}.] [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in [=a]cwencan, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, [=a]cwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cw[=i]nan, [=a]cw[=i]nan, to waste or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• quench — [kwench] vt. [ME quenchen < OE cwencan, to extinguish, caus. of cwincan, to go out, akin to Fris kwinka, MHG verquinen, to pass away < IE base * gwey , to complain, weep] 1. to extinguish; put out [to quench fire with water] 2. to overcome; …   English World dictionary

• Steel — For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). The steel cable of a colliery winding tower …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Quench — A quench refers to a rapid cooling. In polymer chemistry and materials science, quenching is used to prevent low temperature processes such as phase transformations from occurring by only providing a narrow window of time in which the reaction is …   Wikipedia

• quench — [[t]kwɛntʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to satisfy; allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.) 2) to put out; extinguish (fire, flames, etc.) 3) mel to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water 4) to overcome; quell •… …   From formal English to slang

• quench — quenchable, adj. quenchableness, n. quencher, n. /kwench/, v.t. 1. to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.). 2. to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.). 3. to cool suddenly by plunging into …   Universalium

• quench — /kwɛntʃ / (say kwench) verb (t) 1. to slake, as thirst; allay; satisfy. 2. to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.). 3. to cool suddenly, as by plunging into water, as steel in tempering it. 4. to suppress; stifle; subdue; overcome. 5.… …  

• Carbon steel — Iron alloy phases Ferrite (α iron, δ iron) Austenite (γ iron) Pearlite (88% ferrite, 12% cementite) …   Wikipedia

• Microalloyed steel — is a type of alloy steel that contains small amounts of alloying elements (0.05 to 0.15%). Standard alloying elements include: niobium, vanadium, titanium, molybdenum, zirconium, boron, and rare earth metals. They are used to refine the grain… …   Wikipedia

• end quench test — more commonly referred to as Jominy test, it is used to determine the hardening ability of steel …   Mechanics glossary