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BETA IRON

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Dictionary entry overview: What does beta iron mean?

• BETA IRON (noun)
The noun BETA IRON has 1 sense:

1. an allotrope of iron that is the same as alpha iron except that it is nonmagnetic; stable between 768 and 906 degrees centigrade

Familiarity information: BETA IRON used as a noun is very rare.

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• BETA IRON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An allotrope of iron that is the same as alpha iron except that it is nonmagnetic; stable between 768 and 906 degrees centigrade

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("beta iron" is a kind of...):

atomic number 26; Fe; iron (a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood)

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