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Noun: alpha iron
  1. (metallurgy) a magnetic allotrope of iron that is stable below 912 degrees Celsius, having a body-centred cubic crystal structure
    "The steel began transforming into alpha iron as it cooled";
    - ferrite, alpha-ferrite, alpha-Fe

Derived forms: alpha irons

Type of: atomic number 26, Fe, iron

Part of: ferrite

Encyclopedia: Alpha iron