ferroalloy: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	iron alloy

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Figure 15: Schematic cross section illustrating the shell structure of the Earth.

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Key People

Frederick Becket

Frederick Mark Becket

American metallurgist

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Harold DeForest Arnold

American physicist

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Charles Édouard Guillaume

French physicist