Pradeepkumar 11 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 What is aushardening? Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainPanic 1159 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I've never seen that word before, but... Perhaps: A german loan word that's become half-English for hardening (like tempering steel)? To be honest, it looks more like a massive spelling mistake than anything else, when I look at Google's 4 hits. It looks a little like "uitharden" which is a Dutch word for tempering / hardening. This is how I got the idea. Link to post Share on other sites
frosch45 11 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 aus in german means "out of" or "from" Either that or aus is referring to australia Link to post Share on other sites
chitrangda 42 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 may be something to do with cricket Link to post Share on other sites
Skye 144 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Good guess CaptainPanic. Austempering is heat treatment for steel. I'm guessing it's just another word for that. The aus- comes from austenite, a phase of steel. Link to post Share on other sites
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