Ferrous

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Ferrous is an adjective coming from the Latin ferrum (iron). One uses this word to indicate the presence of iron, mostly in metallurgy or related industries. There are also non-ferrous metals, which are metals that have no iron in them at all.

"Ferrous" is also the name of a song by Peter Gabriel.


Ferrous is metals that are made up of iron. This means they are magnetic.

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