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gamma iron

noun

  1. Metallurgy. an allotrope of iron, stable between 910°C and 1400°C and having a face-centered cubic lattice.

gamma iron

noun

  1. an allotrope of iron that is nonmagnetic and exists between 910°C and 1400°C

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Origin of gamma iron1

First recorded in 1895–1900

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