ferrochrome

English

Etymology

ferro- +‎ chrome

Noun

ferrochrome (countable and uncountable, plural ferrochromes)

1. A corrosion-resistant alloy of chrome and iron containing between 50% and 65% chrome.
   • 2009 January 30, Liliana Molina, “Big-debt miners turn to markets”, in Herald Sun‎^[1]:

     The capital raising has been forced by plummeting ferrochrome prices which slumped after Chinese mills cut 55 per cent from the price of the alloy used to make stainless steel.

See also

• ferrochrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia