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Definition of Delta iron
1. Noun. An allotrope of iron that is stable between 1403 degrees centigrade and the melting point (= 1532 degrees).
Definition of Delta iron
1. Noun. an allotrope of iron ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Delta Iron
Literary usage of Delta iron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1898)
"This cannot be said of Beta or delta iron. Beta and delta iron ... But Beta and
delta iron can acquire all the properties of passive iron as readily as ..."
2. Steel and Iron, for Advanced Students by Arthur H. Hiorns (1903)
"... is associated the belief that the distortion in cold working also induces the
beta modification, or another modification that is called delta iron. ..."
3. Heat Treatment of Soft and Medium Steels: Theory and Practice of the by Federico Giolitti (1921)
"It has not yet been possible to isolate delta iron, and its properties are
therefore not known. In carbon steels it seems that this transformation ceases to ..."
4. Principles of Metallurgy by Arthur Horseman Hiorns (1895)
"... the belief that the distortion in cold working also induces the 'beta'
modification, or another modification which has been termed 'delta' iron. ..."
5. First-second Biennial Report on the Geology of Alabama by Geological Survey of Alabama, Michael Tuomey, John William Mallet (1858)
"At other localities towards Delta, iron pyrites seemed to excite great suspicion.
At Delta, a remarkable stratum of slate ..."
6. Geology of the Counties of England and of North and South Wales by William Jerome Harrison (1882)
"... mud, &c., which go to form the delta. Iron pyrites \sa common mineral at Brook
Point, its yellow crystals filling up cracks in the tree-trunks, ..."
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