sorbitize
verb1
Engineering, Metallurgy, Natural sciences, Physical sciences To convert into a form containing sorbite.
- It will be noted that it required four quenchings to entirely sorbitize the steel.1918, Denison Kingsley Bullens, Steel and its heat treatment, page 167:
- Besides, they selectively sorbitize ions of ammonium and of non-ferrous, alkaline-earth and radioactive metals, thereby enhancing their usefulness as filtering materials in water treatment.1998, Raj K. Singhal, Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 1998, →ISBN, page 703: