ferromanganese
noun
fer·ro·man·ga·nese
ˌfer-ō-ˈmaŋ-gə-ˌnēz 
-ˌnēs
: an alloy of iron and manganese containing usually about 80 percent manganese and used in the manufacture of steel
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Other metals that are expected to be mined are in cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts and near thermal vents.
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Susan Lahey, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2023
Brazil, for example, filed an application in December 2018 that included the Rio Grande Rise, a deep-ocean mountain range 1500 kilometers southeast of Rio De Janeiro that's covered in cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts.
—Richard Kemeny, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019
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Susan Lahey, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2023
Brazil, for example, filed an application in December 2018 that included the Rio Grande Rise, a deep-ocean mountain range 1500 kilometers southeast of Rio De Janeiro that's covered in cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts.
—Richard Kemeny, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019
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“Ferromanganese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferromanganese. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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