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Spiegeleisen - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Spiegeleisen : (noun)
1: pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent
and to raise the manganese content in making steel [syn:
spiegel, spiegel iron]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Spiegeleisen : \Spie"gel*ei`sen\, n. [G. spiegel mirror _ eisen
iron.]
See Spiegel iron.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Spiegel iron \Spie"gel i`ron\ [G. spiegel mirror _ E. iron.]
(Metal.)
A fusible white cast iron containing a large amount of carbon
(from three and a half to six per cent) and some manganese.
When the manganese reaches twenty-five per cent and upwards
it has a granular structure, and constitutes the alloy ferro
manganese, largely used in the manufacture of Bessemer steel.
Called also specular pig iron, spiegel, and
spiegeleisen.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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