Definition of Ferrous

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or containing iron.

Exact synonyms: Ferric
Partainyms: Iron, Iron

Definition of Ferrous

1. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sulphate.

Definition of Ferrous

1. Adjective. Of or containing iron. ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of 2. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ferrous

1. pertaining to iron [adj]

Medical Definition of Ferrous

1. Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sulphate. Origin: Cf. F. Ferreux. See Ferreous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferrous

ferrosoferric
ferrostrunzite
ferrotantalite
ferrotantalites
ferrotherapy
ferrotitanium
ferrotitanowodginite
ferrotoroidic
ferrotoroidicity
ferrotschermakite
ferrotychite
ferrotype
ferrotyped
ferrotypes
ferrotyping
ferrous (current term)
ferrous citrate
ferrous compounds
ferrous fumarate
ferrous gluconate
ferrous lactate
ferrous oxide
ferrous succinate
ferrous sulfate
ferrous sulfide
ferrous sulphate
ferrovanadium
ferrovanadiums
ferrowodginite
ferrowyllieite

Literary usage of Ferrous

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

1. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1897)
"ferrous OXIDE is black; ferrous hydroxide is white, ami in the moist state absorbs ... Both ferrous oxide and ferrous hydroxide are readily dissolved by ..."

2. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"Standard ferrous Sulphate. A. Reagent to be Used in Titration of Nitric Acid ... ferrous sulphate to be used, should be made up as follows: 264.7 grains of ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"THE velocity of the reaction between ferrous sulphate, potassium chlorate, and sulphuric acid was investigated many years ago by JJ ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"369 Iron Monoxide, or ferrous Oxide, FeO, is obtained as ... If ferrous oxalate is added to boiling caustic potash the monoxide is obtained as a black ..."

5. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1891)
"In any case, ferrous oxide is far more energetic than ferric oxide, so that if ammonia be added to a solution containing a mixture of a ferrous and ferric ..."

6. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"The protoxide, FeO, which is the base of the green, or ferrous salts of iron corresponding to ferrous chloride: 2. The sesquioxide, Fe2O3, which is the base ..."

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