ferrochrome
Noun
Meaning
ferrochrome (countable and uncountable, plural ferrochromes)
A corrosion-resistant alloy of chrome and iron containing between 50% and 65% chrome.
Examples
Ferrochrome is used in the production of stainless steel.
After the successful planned maintenance shutdown of a ferrochrome furnace, Outokumpu expects to achieve normalized ferrochrome production in the third quarter.
Not only did the new law prohibit the further import of Rhodesian chrome and ferrochrome into the United States, it also banned the import of stainless steel unless the exporting country had taken measures against Rhodesian chrome.
HARARE, May 14 – China’s Sinosteel Corporation has agreed to invest $1 billion in Zimbabwe to build a power plant and increase ferrochrome output, the southern African country’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Monday.