Category:Taylor-white process

Tay"lor-white" proc`ess. (metal.)

Defn: a process (invented about 1899 by frederick w. Taylor and Maunsel b. White) for giving toughness to self-hardening steels. The Steel is heated almost to fusion, cooled to a temperature of from 700º to 850º c. in molten lead, further cooled in oil, reheated to Between 370º and 670º c., and cooled in air.