manganese : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a steel with a relatively large component (10-14%) of manganese; highly resistant to wear and shock
  austenitic manganese steel.
  

WordNet

• (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese, MnO2.

Webster 1913

• (Chem.), a heavy black powder MnO2, occurring native as the mineral pyrolusite, and valuable as a strong oxidizer; called also familiarly manganese. It colors glass violet, and is used as a decolorizer to remove the green tint of impure glass.

Webster 1913

• noun a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks
  wolframite.
  

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• noun a brass with from 1-4% manganese to harden it
  high-strength brass.
  

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• an alloy made by adding from one to two per cent of manganese to the copper and zinc used in brass.

Webster 1913

• noun a steel with a relatively large component (10-14%) of manganese; highly resistant to wear and shock
  austenitic manganese steel.
  

WordNet

• noun an oxide of manganese found naturally as hausmannite
  

WordNet

• . (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.

Webster 1913