Definition of Hadfield manganese steel
:a wear-resistant austenitic steel containing about 12 percent manganese and 1.2 percent carbon
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Hadfield manganese steel
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Origin and Etymology of hadfield manganese steel
after Sir Robert Hadfield †1940 English metallurgist
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