Does ferrous actually mean magnetic? I always thought it meant containing iron? How could Nickel and Cobalt be ferrous if they are elements and not alloys?
Does ferrous actually mean magnetic? I always thought it meant containing iron? How could Nickel and Cobalt be ferrous if they are elements and not alloys?
They’re not considered ferrous because they don’t contain iron, if they’re considered ferrous in some domain then I suppose it’s a jargon use of the term specific to that domain
Edit: it could also be a confusion with ferromagnetism. Ferrous means “that which contains iron” (from Latin ferrum meaning iron), ferromagnetic is that which is magnetic like iron (there are other kinds of magnetism)