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ferroalloy

ferroalloy noun: any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum; used in the production of specialist steels as they have a lower melting point than the pure metal.

Noun

ferroalloy (plural ferroalloys)

  1. Any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum; used in the production of specialist steels as they have a lower melting point than the pure metal.

Forms of ferroalloy

pluralferroalloys
alternative formferro-alloy

Origin of ferroalloy

From ferro- + alloy.

Questions about ferroalloy

What does ferroalloy mean?
Ferroalloy means any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum; used in the production of specialist steels as they have a lower melting point than the pure metal.
What part of speech is ferroalloy?
Ferroalloy is a noun.
What is the plural of ferroalloy?
The plural of ferroalloy is ferroalloys.

Words near ferroalloy in the dictionary

  1. ferro-calcite
  2. ferro-cement
  3. ferro-fluoro-pedrizite
  4. ferroactivator
  5. ferroactivators
  6. ferroalloy
  7. ferroalloys
  8. ferroalluaudite
  9. ferroaluminium
  10. ferroaluminum
  11. ferroan

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