semifinished steel
1steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
2semifinished — “+ adjective Etymology: semi + finished 1. : partially finished a semifinished nut 2. : of or being a material manufactured for use in fabricating finished articles; specifically : rolled from raw ingots into shapes (as bars, billets …
3semifinished — adjective Date: 1902 partially finished or processed; especially of steel rolled from raw ingots into shapes (as bars, billets, or plates) suitable for further processing …
4conversion steel — conversion steel, semifinished steel, usually ingots, obtained from one mill and taken to another to be reworked into a desired finish or shape …
5NKK Corporation — ▪ Japanese company formerly (until 1988) Nippon Kōkan Kk, major Japanese industrial company and one of the country s largest steelmakers. Headquarters are in Tokyo. Nippon Kōkan KK was founded in 1912 to make products using the… …
6ingot — /ing geuht/, n. 1. a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining. v.t. 2. to make ingots of; shape into ingots. [1350 1400; ME: lit., (something) poured in, equiv. to in IN 1 + got(e) a stream, OE *gota, akin to… …
7Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
8Continuous casting — The macrostructure of continuously cast copper (99.95% pure), etched, ∅ ≈ 83 mm. Continuous casting, also called strand casting, is the process whereby molten metal is solidified into a semifinished billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent rolling… …
9Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
10North America — North American. the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m); lowest, Death Valley, 276 ft. (84 m) below sea level. 400,000,000 including… …
