malleablize

[mal-ee-uh-blahyz]

mal·le·a·blize

[mal-ee-uh-blahyz]
verb (used with object), mal·le·a·blized, mal·le·a·bliz·ing.
to make (white cast iron) malleable by annealing it so that the carbon is transformed to graphite or removed completely.
Also, especially British, mal·le·a·blise.


Origin:
1880–85; malleable + -ize
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