What is "decarbonize"

Decarbonize \De*car"bon*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decarbonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Decarbonizing.] To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood.

Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron.

Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.

alt. To remove carbon from something, especially from an engine; to decoke. vb. To remove carbon from something, especially from an engine; to decoke.

v. remove carbon from (an engine) [syn: decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke]