| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Ferro phosphorus | Metallurgy | An alloy of iron and phosphorus (phosphorus content 20 to 25%), used in iron foundries as an additive. Phosphorus increases the carbon equivalent, lowers the melting point, tends to formation of a ternaryeutectic which, inter alia, lessens cast iron elongation. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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