Related Words

Iron Glove: Sloppy fielding; prone to errors.

Iron Carbide: A binary compound of carbon and iron: it becomes the strengthening constituent in steel.

Iron Butt Rally: The Iron Butt Rally is an 11 day 11,000 mile trip around the perimeter of the United States. It has a series of checkpoints that must be visited within a two-hour window.

Iron Compass: Railroad tracks, favored by pilots of yore as a dependable aid to surface navigation before radio.

Iron Formation: A layered deposit of chemical sedimentary rocks containing at least 15 percent (by weight) iron in the form of sulfide, oxide, hydroxide, or carbonate minerals.

Iron Ore: A chemical sedimentary rock that forms when iron and oxygen (and sometimes other substances) combine in solution and deposit as a sediment. Hematite is the most common sedimentary iron ore m . . . View Full Definition

Iron (Fe): Atomic number: 26, Atomic mass: 55.85 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.8, Density: 7.8 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 1536 °C, Boiling point: 2861 °C, Vanderwaalsradius: 0.126 nm, Ionic radius . . . View Full Definition

Iron-Carbon Phase Diagram: A graphical means of identifying different structures of steel and percentages of carbon occurring in steel at various temperatures.

Iron: A club with a head made of steel or iron and a relatively narrow sole (usually somewhere between 16° and 65° and numbered 1 through a variety of 'wedges')

Gridiron: Either (a) the field of play; a football field; or (b) the game itself, now often used to distinguish among football (soccer), rugby union, rugby league, and American football. The word deri . . . View Full Definition