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capped steel

 noun


Definitions

  1. Semikilled steel which has characteristics similar to those of rimmed steels, but to a degree intermediate between rimmed and killed steel. The capping operation limits the time of gas evolution and prevents the formation of an excessive number of gas voids within the ingot.

External Resources

Wikipedia: capped steel

Internal Resources

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