Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Spiegel iron

Spie′gel iˊron

.
[G.
spiegel
mirror + E.
iron
.]
(Metal.)
A fusible white cast iron containing a large amount of carbon (from three and a half to six per cent) and some manganese. When the manganese reaches twenty-five per cent and upwards it has a granular structure, and constitutes the alloy ferro manganese, largely used in the manufacture of Bessemer steel. Called also
specular pig iron
,
spiegel
, and
spiegeleisen
.