Talk:Ferrous
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[edit] Is any of this really needed?
This is various stuff from the merge and I don't know how much is really needed. I feel that all of this can be found in other articles.
Properties of ferrous metals: * may be pure iron or they may be alloys of iron and other elements. * it is common that they be highly magnetic, although not all of them are. (Austenitic stainless steel, a ferrous metal, is non-magnetic, while cobalt is magnetic but non-ferrous.)
==Ferrous metals== Common ferrous metals include the various irons and steels. Common non-ferrous metals include aluminum, copper, lead, tin, zinc.
==Other uses== For example, referring to "ferrous metallurgy" includes the production of metallic iron, including wrought iron, cast iron, steel, or other alloying elements.
--Wizard191 (talk) 18:38, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
- I have expanded the ferrous part slightly. This may be of help to those who know little of the subject. I do not think it necessary or helpful to list non-ferrous metals. Peterkingiron (talk) 22:12, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
