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troostitic

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troost⋅ite

[troo-stahyt]
–noun
a microconstituent of hardened and tempered steel, consisting of a very fine aggregate of ferrite and cementite.

Origin:
1900–05; named after L. J. Troost (d. 1911), French chemist; see -ite 1


troost⋅it⋅ic [troo-stit-ik] , adjective
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