delta iron

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   an allotrope of iron that is stable between 1403 degrees centigrade and the melting point (= 1532 degrees)

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Questions about delta iron

What does delta iron mean?

delta iron means "an allotrope of iron that is stable between 1403 degrees centigrade and the melting point (= 1532 degrees)".

Is delta iron a common word?

delta iron is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.