ferromanganese
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ferromanganese
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In Science today, researchers led by Anton Wallner of the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf report a new analysis of a 2.5 centimeter thick ferromanganese crust from the Pacific Ocean.
From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021
Researchers gathered samples of ferromanganese crusts, slow-growing deposits in which just a few centimeters of the stuff, laid down in layers over time, represent millions of years of history.
From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021
Three features are the prime targets of seabed mining interests: polymetallic sulfides occurring near hydrothermal vents, ferromanganese crusts and polymetallic nodules.
From Scientific American • Jul. 16, 2019
Resources such as polymetallic sulphides, manganese nodules, cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts, methane hydrates and rare-earth elements exist in large quantities around deep-sea hydrothermal vents, having escaped from the molten crust below.
From Nature • Aug. 12, 2014
The ferromanganese may contain as much as 80% manganese.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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