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单词 iron
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iron

Chemistry
  • A silvery malleable and ductile metallic transition element; a.n. 26; r.a.m. 55.847; r.d. 7.87; m.p. 1535°C; b.p. 2750°C. The main sources are the ores haematite (Fe2O3), magnetite (Fe3O4), limonite (FeO(OH)nH2O), ilmenite (FeTiO3), siderite (FeCO3), and pyrite (FeS2). The metal is smelted in a blast furnace to give impure pig iron, which is further processed to give cast iron, wrought iron, and various types of steel. The pure element has three crystal forms: alpha-iron, stable below 906°C with a body-centred-cubic structure; gamma-iron, stable between 906°C and 1403°C with a nonmagnetic face-centred-cubic structure; and delta-iron, which is the body-centred-cubic form above 1403°C. Alpha-iron is ferromagnetic up to its Curie point (768°C). The element has nine isotopes (mass numbers 52–60), and is the fourth most abundant in the earth’s crust. It is required as a trace element (see essential element) by living organisms. Iron is quite reactive, being oxidized by moist air, displacing hydrogen from dilute acids, and combining with nonmetallic elements. It forms ionic salts and numerous complexes with the metal in the +2 or +3 oxidation states. Iron(VI) also exists in the ferrate ion FeO42−, and the element also forms complexes in which its oxidation number is zero (e.g. Fe(CO)5).

    https://www.webelements.com/iron/ Information from the WebElements site


Chemical Engineering
  • A metallic element with atomic number 26. It is widely found in the element and is extracted from ore and used to make steel and other valuable alloys. See cast iron; steel.


Internet
  • A term that is sometimes used in a derogative way to describe the large mainframe computers that were common until the mid-1980s. Normally used in the phrase ‘big iron’.


Biology
  • Symbol Fe. A silvery malleable and ductile metallic element that is the fourth most abundant element in the earth’s crust. It is required as a trace element (see essential element) by living organisms. Iron is an important constituent of haemoglobin and the cytochromes, being stored in the liver in the form of ferritin. In animals deficiency of iron results in a form of anaemia.


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