Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A compound of carbon and nitrogen with some other element: as, silicon carbonitride, Si2C2N, which is formed by heating silicon, carbon, and nitrogen together.
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- verb To
harden thesurface of ametal usingcarbon andnitrogen .
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LMT's expertise in chemical vapour deposition (CVD) to deposit the Kappa-A1203 ceramic layer to the titanium carbonitride (TiCN) coating.
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LMT's expertise in chemical vapour deposition (CVD) to deposit the Kappa-A1203 ceramic layer to the titanium carbonitride (TiCN) coating.
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