White iron

Description

1) A type of iron cast iron that exhibits a silvery fracture. White iron is a hard, crystalline metal in which all of the carbon is in the form of cementite.

2) Another name for tinplate.

Synonyms and Related Terms

1) forge pig; white cast iron

2) tinplate iron; ferro fundido branco (Port.)

Authority

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Random House, Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997