German: CarbidbildnerEnglish translation: carbide former 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | Carbidbildner | | English translation: | carbide former | | Entered by: | Tobi |
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Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting / metallurgy | | German term or phrase: Carbidbildner | Einfluss von Chrom auf die Zerspanbarkeit
Chrom ist ein Carbidbildner und zählt neben Nickel, Zinn und Kupfer zu den perlithärtenden und perlitformenden Elementen. Durch die Zugabe von Chrom wird eine Steigerung der Festigkeit, Warmfestigkeit und der Härt von Grauguss erzielt. |
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| forms carbides
Explanation:
Chromium forms carbides with carbon and..
i.e. Cr + C gives CrC
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Note added at 2003-03-11 09:13:08 (GMT)
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or rather it reacts with carbon to form a carbide. This precipitates out during cooling or annealing of the molten iron = precipitation hardening.
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