Definitions for ferrous

ferrous fer·rous

Spelling: [fer-uh s]
IPA: /ˈfɛr əs/

Ferrous is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 110 anagrams from letters in ferrous (eforrsu).

Definitions for ferrous

adjective

  1. of or containing iron, especially in the bivalent state.

Origin of ferrous

1860-65; Latin ferr(um) iron + -ous

Examples for ferrous

That a minute quantity of iron is dissolved by the carbonic acid contained in the water, ferrous bicarbonate being formed.

ferrous iodide, FeI2, is obtained as a grey crystalline mass by the direct union of its components.

Another black amorphous form results when ferrous salts are precipitated by ammonium sulphide.

Calculate the value of the ferrous salt in terms of bichromate.

Invariably there is among these a formula for ferrous oxalate developer.

To obtain these the gold is first precipitated from the solution by ferrous chloride, all the other metals by iron turnings.

The solution, in common with those of most ferrous salts, absorbs nitric oxide with the formation of a brownish solution.

ferrous oxide is obtained when ferric oxide is reduced in hydrogen at 300 as a black pyrophoric powder.

ferrous sulphate forms double salts with the alkaline sulphates.

Fig. 121 shows us, also, what are the conditions under which the reduction of ferric to ferrous oxide by carbon can occur.

Word Value for ferrous
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

Similar words for ferrous
Word of the day