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ferrotungsten

American  
[fer-oh-tuhng-stuhn] / ˌfɛr oʊˈtʌŋ stən /

noun

  1. a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent tungsten.


Etymology

Origin of ferrotungsten

First recorded in 1880–85; ferro- + tungsten

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Considerable amounts of ferrotungsten were exported to the Allies.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

The balance was obtained by importation, chiefly from Germany, from Portugal and Spain, and from England, both of concentrates and of ferrotungsten.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

It is added either as the powdered metal or in the form of ferrotungsten, an alloy containing 70 to 90 per cent of tungsten.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

Germany through its smelting interests controlled the foreign tungsten situation prior to the war; two-thirds of its excess output of ferrotungsten was consumed by England and the balance principally by the United States and France.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

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