Definitions for ferrites

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ferrites fer·rite

Spelling: [fer-ahyt]

IPA: /ˈfɛr aɪt/

Ferrites is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 210 anagrams from letters in ferrites (eefirrst).

Definitions for ferrites

noun

1. Chemistry. a compound, as NaFeO 2 , formed when ferric oxide is combined with a more basic metallic oxide.
2. Metallurgy. the pure iron constituent of ferrous metals, as distinguished from the iron carbides.

Origin of ferrites

1875-80; Latin ferr(um) iron + -ite¹

Examples for ferrites

Further, any ferrite liberated at Ar3 changes there from γ to β, and any present at Ar2 changes from β to α.

ferrite and cementite, already described in 10, are the final products of the transformation of austenite in slow-cooling.

The iron thus liberated, as the ferrite of this pearlite, changes simultaneously to α-ferrite.