Preferred term
iron
Definition
- [GEMET] A malleable ductile silvery-white ferromagnetic metallic element occurring principally in haematite and magnetite. It is widely used for structural and engineering purposes.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Fe
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- حديد
Bulgarian
- Желязо
Croatian
- željezo
Czech
- železo
Danish
- jern
Dutch
- ijzer
Estonian
- raud
Finnish
- rauta
French
- fer
German
- Eisen
Greek
- σίδηρος
Hungarian
- vas
Italian
- ferro
Latvian
- dzelzs
Lithuanian
- geležis
Norwegian
- jern
Polish
- żelazo
Portuguese
- ferro
Romanian
- fier
Slovak
- železo
Slovenian
- železo
Spanish
- hierro
Swedish
- järn
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20827