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spiegel


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spiegel  iron  \Spie"gel  i`ron\  [G.  spiegel  mirror  +  E.  iron.] 
  (Metal.) 
  A  fusible  white  cast  iron  containing  a  large  amount  of  carbon 
  (from  three  and  a  half  to  six  per  cent)  and  some  manganese. 
  When  the  manganese  reaches  twenty-five  per  cent  and  upwards 
  it  has  a  granular  structure,  and  constitutes  the  alloy  ferro 
  manganese,  largely  used  in  the  manufacture  of  Bessemer  steel. 
  Called  also  {specular  pig  iron},  {spiegel},  and 
  {spiegeleisen}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spiegel 
  n  :  pig  iron  containing  manganese;  used  as  a  deoxidizing  agent 
  and  to  raise  the  manganese  content  in  making  steel  [syn: 
  {spiegeleisen},  {spiegel  iron}] 




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