iron
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
iron
- Details
Pure metallic element having symbol Fe and atomic number 26; metallic iron is silvery in color, lustrous, soft, ductile, malleable, and slightly magnetic; it rusts when exposed to moist air. It is rarely found as a native metal (telluric iron) except in meteorites (meteoric iron). Iron is most often found throughout the world as iron oxides (hematite, magnetite, limonite, and siderite) mixed with other ores.
- Variations
metal, ferrous
Fe
ferrous metal
fer
Eisen
ferro
hierro
järn
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