sensitization, sensitisation
roostevaba terase teradevahelise korrosiooni tundlikkuse kasv tingituna karbiidide sadestumisest terapiiridel (vt korrosioonikindel teras; vrd sensibiliseerimine), increase in the sensitivity of stainless steels to intergranular corrosion due to the precipitation of carbides at the grain bondaries (see: stainless steel; compare: sensitization (as process in coatings technology))