[noun of action f. next; see -ATION.] The process of combining an element or substance with carbon, as in the conversion of wrought iron into steel.
1864. Reader, 9 April, 450. The degree of carburization is regulated by the addition of ‘Spiegeleisen’—a material containing a known quantity of carbon.
1881. Metal World, 133/1. The history of our knowledge concerning the carburisation of iron, from the work of Clonet at the end of last century to that of Margueritte in 1856.
