spiegeleisen

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spie·gel·ei·sen

S0638000 (spē′gə-lī′zən)n. An alloy of iron containing approximately 15 percent manganese and small quantities of carbon and silicon, used in the Bessemer process.

[German : Spiegel, mirror (from Middle High German, from Old High German spiagal, from Latin speculum; see speculum) + Eisen, iron (from Middle High German īsen, from Old High German īsan; see eis- in Indo-European roots).]

spiegeleisen

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n (Metallurgy) a type of pig iron that is rich in manganese and carbon[C19: German, from Spiegel mirror + Eisen iron]

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spiegeleisen - pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steelspiegel, spiegel ironpig iron - crude iron tapped from a blast furnace

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noun pig iron containing manganese

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