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Menominee, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Menominee, river, 118 mi (190 km) long, formed by the union of the Brule and the Michigamme rivers above Iron Mountain, W Upper Peninsula, N Mich., and flowing SE into Green Bay at…

Hibbing

(Encyclopedia) Hibbing, city (2020 pop. 16,214), St. Louis co., NE Minn., on the Mesabi iron range 90 mi (145 km) from the Canadian border; inc. 1893.…

sphalerite

(Encyclopedia) sphaleritesphaleritesfălˈərīt, sfāˈ– [key], mineral composed of zinc sulfide, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium. It occurs in crystals of the isometric system but more…

Częstochowa

(Encyclopedia) Częstochowa Częstochowa chĕNˌstəkôˈvə [key], city, Śląskie prov., S Poland, on the Warta River. It…

pyrite

(Encyclopedia) pyritepyritepīˈrīt [key] or iron pyritesiron pyritespīrīˈtēz, pə–, pīˈrīts [key], pale brass-yellow mineral, the bisulfide of iron, FeS2. It occurs most commonly in crystals (belonging…

Periodic Table of the Elements: Iron

(Encyclopedia) Periodic Table of the Elements: Iron Atomic Number: 26 Atomic Symbol: Fe Iron Atomic Weight: 55.845 Electron Configuration: 2 · 8 · 14 · 2

Bessemer process

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Bessemer converter Bessemer processBessemer processbĕsˈəmər [key] [for Sir Henry Bessemer], industrial process for the manufacture of steel from molten pig iron. The principle…

thermite

(Encyclopedia) thermite [from Thermit, a trade name], mixture of powdered or granular aluminum metal and powdered iron oxide. When ignited it gives off large amounts of heat. In wartime it has been…

Youngstown

(Encyclopedia) Youngstown, city (1990 pop. 95,732), seat of Mahoning co., NE Ohio, near the Pa. line; founded 1797, inc. 1849. It was formerly a major U.S. iron and steel center. In the 1970s many of…

ferric

(Encyclopedia) ferricferricfĕrˈĭk [key], iron in the +3 valence state.