Definition of Spiegeleisen

1. Noun. Pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel.

Exact synonyms: Spiegel, Spiegel Iron
Generic synonyms: Pig Iron

Definition of Spiegeleisen

1. n. See Spiegel iron.

Definition of Spiegeleisen

1. Noun. A ferromanganese alloy containing approximately 15% manganese and small quantities of carbon and silicon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spiegeleisen

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiegeleisen

spidermen
spiders
spiderweb
spiderwebbed
spiderwebbing
spiderwebs
spiderwort
spiderwort family
spiderworts
spidery
spides
spie
spied
spiegel
spiegel iron
spiegeleisen (current term)
spiegeleisens
spiegels
spiel
spiel off
spieled
spieler
spielers
spieling
spiels
spier
spiered
spiering
spiers
spies

Literary usage of Spiegeleisen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1907)
"THE piece of spiegeleisen, the analysis of wliich is given below, was collected by my father, together with various other specimens ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1870)
"An addition of spiegeleisen will convert burnt iron into steel. The purpose and intention of the final addition of spiegeleisen* (about 10 per cent) is to ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1870)
"An addition of spiegeleisen will convert burnt iron into steel. The purpose and intention of the final addition of spiegeleisen* (about 10 per cent) is to ..."

4. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1866)
"In this case, the addition of a given weight of spiegeleisen, ... The effect of adding spiegeleisen to Bessemer metal is as follows :— The metallic ..."

5. The Metallurgy of Iron and Steel: Theoretical and Practical: in All Its by Henry Stafford Osborn (1869)
"spiegeleisen for this Process.—.One of the best sources for spiegeleisen and ... The marks are white iron for steel puddling, spiegeleisen and gray iron for ..."

6. Liquid Steel: Its Manufacture and Cost by David Carnegie, Sidney C. Gladwyn (1913)
"The ferro-alloys commonly used in the first group are: spiegeleisen, ... spiegeleisen.—This is a low grade of ferro-manganese containing usually from 10 to ..."

7. Statistics of the American and Foreign Iron Trade ...: Annual Statistical by American Iron and Steel Association, Henry Jr McAllister, James Moore Swank, George W. Cope (1908)
"The production of spiegeleisen and ferro-manganese in 1907 was 339348 tons, ... The spiegeleisen and ferro-manganese produced in 1907 were made by New ..."

8. A Descriptive Guide to the Museum of Practical Geology: With Notices of the by Robert Hunt, Frederick William Rudler (1877)
"MANUFACTURE OF spiegeleisen, &c. One half of the table-case near the electrotype of ... spiegeleisen is a highly crystalline variety of white cast-iron, ..."

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