ferrochrome

English

Etymology

ferro- +‎ chrome

Noun

ferrochrome (countable and uncountable, plural ferrochromes)

  1. A corrosion-resistant alloy of chrome and iron containing between 50% and 65% chrome.
    • 2009 January 30, Liliana Molina, “Big-debt miners turn to markets”, in Herald Sun‎:
      The capital raising has been forced by plummeting ferrochrome prices which slumped after Chinese mills cut 55 per cent from the price of the alloy used to make stainless steel.

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