Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Ferrolegierung

English translation:

ferroalloy

Added to glossary by Dr Andrew Read
Feb 24, 2005 14:42
19 yrs ago
German term

Ferrolegierungen

German to English Tech/Engineering Metallurgy / Casting
Not my area ,but in a letter I'm doing. Is that "steel alloys" or "alloy steels" or something else.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +7 ferro alloy

Discussion

David Moore (X) Feb 24, 2005:
although Ingo's "ferroalloy" is by far the commonest of all
David Moore (X) Feb 24, 2005:
Actually, it can be written with a hyphen too

Proposed translations

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ferro alloy

Peer comment(s):

agree Christine Lam : I would prefer ferrous alloy
2 mins
agree Tracy Livesey : that's what my patterson's chemist's dictionary says too
2 mins
agree David Moore (X) : Ernst agrees with this too and google prefers it to "ferrous" by about 2 to 1
3 mins
agree Ingo Dierkschnieder : Ernst confirms but it's written in one word: ferroalloy.
4 mins
agree balohan : I agree
11 mins
agree John Jory : one word (Britannica)
1 hr
agree Leonid Gornik : ferroalloy
2 days 12 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Pretty conclusive, eh? Thanx"
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