sorbitize

English

Verb

sorbitize (third-person singular simple present sorbitizes, present participle sorbitizing, simple past and past participle sorbitized)

  1. (metallurgy) To convert into a form containing sorbite.
    • 1918, Denison Kingsley Bullens, Steel and its heat treatment, page 167:
      It will be noted that it required four quenchings to entirely sorbitize the steel.
    • 1998, Raj K. Singhal, Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 1998, →ISBN, page 703:
      Besides, they selectively sorbitize ions of ammonium and of non-ferrous, alkaline-earth and radioactive metals, thereby enhancing their usefulness as filtering materials in water treatment.
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