2006-10-30 22:57:45 · 13 answers · asked by Rob 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Ferrous materials contain iron. Non Ferrous material do not contain iron.
2006-11-02 22:56:19 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. J. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ferous means iron(thus fe is the chemical symbol) so if a metal is non-ferous it has no iron and if it is ferous it does
2006-10-30 23:10:37 · answer #2 · answered by whay i lost my ?s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the metals which contain iron compounds are known as ferous metals & which do not contain iron are non-ferous metals.
2006-10-30 23:07:54 · answer #3 · answered by Hussain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hiya, ferrous metals contain the element iron(hence the Fe symbol for iron in the periodic table). Non-ferrous metals do not have any iron content.
hope that helps,
Dave the metallurgist.
2006-11-01 11:59:33 · answer #4 · answered by dave c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ferrous metals include iron and any alloy of iron e.g. mild steel, stainless steel and cast iron. Non ferrous metals are all the rest! Not to be confused with ferromagnetic metals which means metals which are attracted to a magnet.
2006-11-01 09:00:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to have to disagree with our welder friend. The difference between ferrous and non-ferrous metals is simply - iron.
The former contains iron, the latter does not. It has nothing to do with 'carbon content'.
2006-10-31 00:39:32 · answer #6 · answered by clausiusminkowski 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ferous metals can be detected by magnets , non-ferous metals cannot be detected by magnets
2006-10-30 23:03:58 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ferrous metals contain iron. Non-ferrous metals don't.
2006-10-30 23:01:22 · answer #8 · answered by blorgo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know... but, would you settle for ferrous and non-ferrous? If so then the answer is iron... a metal containing iron.
2006-10-30 23:11:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ferros and non ferrous metals has to do with the carbon content ,ferrous metals (black iron cast etc has carbon in them so the are ferrous metals were your stainless, aluminum etc have no carbon so they are nonferrous metals
2006-10-30 23:18:19 · answer #10 · answered by frrst_tm 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋