Meaning | An alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle / brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting. |
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Narrower | alloy iron, alloy cast iron | cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment |
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pot metal | cast iron used for making cooking wares |
Broader | iron, Fe, atomic number 26 | A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element |
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Substances | pearlite | A lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite |
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pig iron | crude iron tapped from a blast furnace |
Spanish | arrabio, fundición, hierro colado, hierro fundido |
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Catalan | arrabio, ferro colat, ferro fos |
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