TAYLOR-WHITE PROCESS

add. ·- 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 700° to 850° c. in molten lead, further cooled in oil, reheated to between 370° and 670° c., and cooled in air.