speissn.
/spʌɪs/, U.S. /spaɪs/ 1. An impure metallic compound, containing nickel, cobalt, iron, etc., produced in the smelting of certain ores; esp. an arsenide obtained in the manufacture of smalt and used as a source of nickel.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other nickel alloys
speiss1796
nickel bronze1880
nickel steela1884
platinoid1885
cupro-nickel1905
Nichrome1908
Monel1909
Chromel1914
Alumel1918
Inconel1933
Nimonic1941
nitinol1968
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 287 It [sulphurated nickel] affords, together with Speis (which is a compound of Nickel and Cobalt) also Copper and Silver.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 302 The latter ores should be but slightly roasted, so as to convert the nickel into speiss.
1844 G. Fownes Man. Elem. Chem. 282 The artificial, or perhaps rather, fused product, called speiss..may be employed as a source of the nickel-salts.
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 184 The average assay of speiss produced during the year.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 61/2 We can produce a speis which contains only cobalt and nickel.
2. speiss-cobalt n. tin-white cobalt; smaltine.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > skutterudite group > specific minerals
smaltine1835
white nickel1837
chloanthite1850
skutterudite1850
smaltite1852
speiss-cobalt1872
nickel-skutterudite1892
1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 20 Antimonial silver ore with traces of speiss-cobalt.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 81/1 Smaltine or speiss cobalt, an arsenide of the isomorphous bases, cobalt, nickel, and iron.
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