noun
- A process of case-hardening steel by heating it in contact with cyanide salts to increase surface hardness.
Usage: metallurgy; technical
verb
- To subject (steel or iron) to the cyaniding process in order to harden its surface.
Usage: metallurgy; technical
Examples
- The factory uses cyaniding to strengthen the surface of machine parts.
- Steel gears are often cyanided to improve their wear resistance.
- The cyaniding process involves heating the metal in a cyanide salt bath.
- Engineers decided to cyanidate the components to extend their service life.
- Cyaniding is a common heat-treatment method in automotive manufacturing.