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ferromanganese

ferromanganese noun: an alloy, of iron and manganese, used in the manufacture of steel.

Noun

ferromanganese (countable and uncountable, plural ferromanganeses)

  1. An alloy, of iron and manganese, used in the manufacture of steel.
    • W. H. Donner of Pittsburgh, President of the Cambria Steel Company, urged specific and not ad valorem duties on iron and steel products. He contended the duty on ferromanganese, used largely in steel manufacture, should be no higher than that on pig iron, and that to increase the duty would be...1913 January 15, “UNCOVERS A TRUST IN ALUMINUM TRADE; A.V. Davis Admits at Tariff Hearing That Manufacturers Are All in Agreement.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...

Forms of ferromanganese

pluralferromanganeses

Origin of ferromanganese

From ferro- + manganese.

Questions about ferromanganese

What does ferromanganese mean?
Ferromanganese means an alloy, of iron and manganese, used in the manufacture of steel.
What part of speech is ferromanganese?
Ferromanganese is a noun.
What is the plural of ferromanganese?
The plural of ferromanganese is ferromanganeses.

Words near ferromanganese in the dictionary

  1. ferromagnetite
  2. ferromagnetites
  3. ferromagnetization
  4. ferromagnetizations
  5. ferromagnets
  6. ferromanganese
  7. ferromanganeses
  8. ferromanganiferous
  9. ferromanganous
  10. ferrome
  11. ferromes

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