Iron
Of metal, steel and iron ore. May also be referred to as Fe and atomic number 26.
A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood.
This concept's ID is @1~73945
Cast Iron
- cast iron
An alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought...
- pig iron
Crude iron tapped from a blast furnace.
Also contains
- wrought iron
Iron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and...
- structural iron
Iron that has been cast or worked in structural shapes.
- galvanized iron
Iron that is coated with zinc to protect it from rust.
- alpha iron
A magnetic allotrope of iron; stable below 906 degrees centigrade.
- beta iron
An allotrope of iron that is the same as alpha iron except that it is nonmagnetic; stable...
- scrap iron
Iron to be melted again and reworked.
- delta iron
An allotrope of iron that is stable between 1403 degrees centigrade and the melting point...
- gamma iron
A nonmagnetic allotrope of iron that is the basis of austenite; stable between 906 and...
- ingot iron
Iron of high purity.