an alloy of iron and silicon, used in making cast iron and steel
ferrosilicon in American English
(ˌfɛroʊˈsɪlɪˌkɑn)
noun
a compound of iron and silicon, used in making steel, as a deoxidizing agent, etc.
ferrosilicon in American English
(ˌferouˈsɪlɪkən, -ˌkɑn)
noun
a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon
Word origin
[1880–85; ferro- + silicon]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, impressionism, irredentist, jackpot, quotation markferro- is a combining form with the meaning “iron,” used in the formation of compound words.Other words that use the affix ferro- include: ferroaluminum, ferrocement, ferrocene, ferromagnetic, ferrotype
Examples of 'ferrosilicon' in a sentence
ferrosilicon
The calculation results show a good agreement model with the real ferrosilicon process.
Machulec B., Bialik W. 2016, 'Comparison the Physico-Chemical Model of Ferrosilicon Smelting Process with ResultsObservations of the Process under the Industrial Conditions', Archives of Metallurgy and Materialshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/amm.2016.61.issue-1/amm-2016-0050/amm-2016-0050.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The cast iron was spheroidized with cerium mixture and graphitized with ferrosilicon.
Soiński M. S., Jakubus A., Kordas P., Skurka K. 2014, 'The Effect of Aluminium on Graphitization of Cast Iron Treated with Cerium Mixture',Archives of Foundry Engineeringhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/afe.2014.14.issue-2/afe-2014-0044/afe-2014-0044.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Si element should be introduced by using ferrosilicon.
Kétner Bendo Demétrio, Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Lirio Schaeffer, Deise Rebelo Consoni,Antonio Eduardo Martinelli, Tatiana Bendo 2013, 'Sinterability and microstructure evolution during sintering of ferrous powder mixtures',Materials Researchhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392013005000078. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This allows for an explanation of many characteristic states in the ferrosilicon smelting process.
Machulec B., Bialik W. 2016, 'Comparison the Physico-Chemical Model of Ferrosilicon Smelting Process with ResultsObservations of the Process under the Industrial Conditions', Archives of Metallurgy and Materialshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/amm.2016.61.issue-1/amm-2016-0050/amm-2016-0050.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For comparison of ferrosilicon furnaces with different geometrical parameters and transformer powers, the theory of physical similarity was applied.
Machulec B., Gil S., Bialik W. 2017, 'Similarity of Ferrosilicon Submerged Arc Furnaces With Different Geometrical Parameters',Archives of Metallurgy and Materialshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/amm.2017.62.issue-4/amm-2017-0344/amm-2017-0344.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was stated that ferrosilicon can be replaced by silicon carbide during the synthetic cast iron melting process.
Stojczew A., Janerka K., Jezierski J., Szajnar J., Pawlyta M. 2014, 'Melting of Grey Cast Iron Based on Steel Scrap Using Silicon Carbide', Archives of Foundry Engineeringhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/afe.2014.14.issue-3/afe-2014-0066/afe-2014-0066.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This paper describes the results of using a low-magnesium ferrosilicon alloy for the production of vermicular graphite cast irons.
D. Kopyciński, E. Guzik, A. Nowak, M. Ronduda, M. Sokolnicki 2012, 'Preparation Vermicular Graphite in Thin and Thick Wall Iron Castings', Archives of Foundry Engineeringhttp://www.afe.polsl.pl/index.php/pl/3530/preparation-vermicular-graphite-in-thin-and-thick-wall-iron-castings.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)