Iron
The metallic chemical element Fe.
How it connects
Iron is a kind of Ferrous metal.
Iron is filed under Metal.
Other kinds of Ferrous metal: Cast iron, Steel and Wrought iron.
In other taxonomies
- IronUniclass, Ma_40_52_42nearly the same
- iron (metal)Getty AAT, 300011002nearly the same
- ironWikidata, Q677nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Iron
4 terms, Steel to Wrought iron
The word “iron”
2 meanings
- IronMaterial, this termNo default
- ironColorScope named colorNo default
Record
- Broader
- Ferrous metal
- Provenance
- referencedhttps://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/iron-and-steel-statistics-and-information, read 30 Aug 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/ironKnowledge 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
- narrowerFerrous metalincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderFerrous metaloutgoing
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Ferrous metaloutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Metaloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cast ironoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Steeloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Wrought ironoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_40_52_42 | Iron | nearly the same |
| Getty AAT | 300011002 | iron (metal) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q677 | iron | nearly the same |