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A form of pig iron containing 15–30% of manganese and 4–5% of carbon. It is added to steel in a Bessemer converter as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content of steel.
From: spiegel in A Dictionary of Chemistry »
Subjects: Chemistry — Physics.
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