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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In metallurgy, a compound of iron with boron, iron boride, intended for use in ascertaining the modifying effect of boron upon steel.
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- noun An
alloy ofiron andboron used in the production of specialiststeels
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It has been used in making very pure copper castings for electrical purposes, in aluminum bronzes, and in hardening aluminum castings; and an alloy, ferroboron, has been shown experimentally to act on steel somewhat like ferrovanadium.
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