malleable iron

noun

Iron that is cast as white iron and then transformed into malleable form through an annealing heat treatment.

Meanings

nounmalleable iron (uncountable)
  1. uncountableIron that is cast as white iron and then transformed into malleable form through an annealing heat treatment.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 可鍛鑄鐵 /可锻铸铁
  • 可鍛鑄鐵 /可锻铸铁 (kěduàn zhùtiě)white iron transformed into malleable form
Finnish meltorauta
  • meltorautawhite iron transformed into malleable form
Russian ко́вкий чугу́н
  • ко́вкий чугу́н (kóvkij čugún)white iron transformed into malleable form
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