Ferrous metal
A metal or alloy whose principal constituent by mass is iron, as distinct from a non-ferrous metal.
Also called ferrous.
How it connects
Ferrous metal is a kind of Metal.
Ferrous metal includes Cast iron, Iron, Steel and Wrought iron.
Ferrous metal is filed under Metal.
Other kinds of Metal: Metallic fibre and Non-ferrous metal.
In other taxonomies
- ferrous metalWikidata, Q65122087nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
- Getty AATno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Top of the axis
Ferrous metal
3 terms, Ferrous metal to Metallic fibre
Narrower than Ferrous metal
Record
- Also called
- ferrous
- Broader
- Metal
- Narrower
- Cast iron · Iron · Steel · Wrought iron
- Provenance
- authoredcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); in-house definition
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/ferrous-metalKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- broaderCast ironincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderMetaloutgoing
- narrowerCast ironoutgoing
- narrowerIronoutgoing
- narrowerSteeloutgoing
- narrowerWrought ironoutgoing
- broaderIronincoming
- narrowerMetalincoming
- broaderSteelincoming
- broaderWrought ironincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Metaloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Cast ironoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Ironoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Steeloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Wrought ironoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Carbon steeloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Galvanised steeloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Stainless steeloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Weathering steeloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Stainless steel 304outgoing
- descendant (derived)Stainless steel 316outgoing
- descendant (derived)Stainless steel 316Loutgoing
- descendant (derived)Stainless steel 430outgoing
- sibling (derived)Metallic fibreoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Non-ferrous metaloutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikidata | Q65122087 | ferrous metal | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Ferrous metal via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/search?query=Ferrous+metal&filter=status%3ACurrent | none |
| Getty AAT | no equivalent | searched 22 Oct 2026Ferrous metal | ferrous via https://vocab.getty.edu/sparql; luc:term search, AAT preferred labels and English scope notes read | none |