Usually means: Alloy used for fire starting.
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▸ noun:  A pyrophoric alloy of iron and cerium that is used to make the flints for cigarette lighters

Similar:
pyrophoric iron, ferrochromium, pyrophoric alloy, mischmetal, Firestone, ceriopyrochlore, ferrocarbon titanium, flint, ferrouranium, ferrophosphorus, more...

Opposite:
non-ferrous, non-magnetic, non-iron

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Similar:
pyrophoric iron, ferrochromium, pyrophoric alloy, mischmetal, Firestone, ceriopyrochlore, ferrocarbon titanium, flint, ferrouranium, ferrophosphorus, more...

Opposite:
non-ferrous, non-magnetic, non-iron



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