Non-ferrous metal
A metal or alloy whose principal constituent by mass is not iron.
Also called non-ferrous, nonferrous metal.
How it connects
Non-ferrous metal is a kind of Metal.
Non-ferrous metal includes Aluminium, Aluminium alloy, Chromium, Copper, Copper alloy, Gold, Nickel, Pewter, Platinum, Silver, Tin, Titanium, Zamak and Zinc.
Non-ferrous metal is filed under Metal.
Other kinds of Metal: Ferrous metal and Metallic fibre.
In other taxonomies
- nonferrous metalGetty AAT, 300011014nearly the same
- non-ferrous metalWikidata, Q5679431nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Record
- Also called
- non-ferrous · nonferrous metal
- Broader
- Metal
- Narrower
- Aluminium · Aluminium alloy · Chromium · Copper · Copper alloy · Gold · Nickel · Pewter · Platinum · Silver · Tin · Titanium · Zamak · Zinc
- Provenance
- authoredcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); in-house definition
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/non-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
- broaderAluminiumincoming
- broaderAluminium alloyincoming
- broaderChromiumincoming
- broaderCopperincoming
- broaderCopper alloyincoming
- broaderGoldincoming
- narrowerMetalincoming
- broaderNickelincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderMetaloutgoing
- narrowerAluminiumoutgoing
- narrowerAluminium alloyoutgoing
- narrowerChromiumoutgoing
- narrowerCopperoutgoing
- narrowerCopper alloyoutgoing
- narrowerGoldoutgoing
- narrowerNickeloutgoing
- narrowerPewteroutgoing
- narrowerPlatinumoutgoing
- narrowerSilveroutgoing
- narrowerTinoutgoing
- narrowerTitaniumoutgoing
- narrowerZamakoutgoing
- narrowerZincoutgoing
- broaderPewterincoming
- broaderPlatinumincoming
- broaderSilverincoming
- broaderTinincoming
- broaderTitaniumincoming
- broaderZamakincoming
- broaderZincincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Metaloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Aluminiumoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Aluminium alloyoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Chromiumoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Copperoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Copper alloyoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Goldoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Nickeloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Pewteroutgoing
- descendant (derived)Platinumoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Silveroutgoing
- descendant (derived)Tinoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Titaniumoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Zamakoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Zincoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Aluminium 6061outgoing
- descendant (derived)Aluminium 6063outgoing
- descendant (derived)Brassoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Bronzeoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Gunmetaloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Nickel silveroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ferrous metaloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Metallic fibreoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getty AAT | 300011014 | nonferrous metal | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q5679431 | non-ferrous metal | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Non-ferrous metal via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/search?query=Non-ferrous+metal&filter=status%3ACurrent | none |