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Definition of: austenite
(ôs′tən·īt) noun Metall.
A solid solution of carbon in pure iron, used in the making of steel which is non-magnetic at ordinary temperatures, [after Sir W. C. Roberts-Austen, 1843–1902, English metallurgist]
—aus′ten·it′ic (-it′ik) adjective
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