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单词 sideraphthite
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sideraphthiten.

Forms: 1800s sideraphthite, 1900s sideraphtite.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French sidéraphtite.
Etymology: < French sidéraphtite, sidéraphthite (both 1877 in sources recording a patent application made in 1876) < ancient Greek σίδηρος iron (see sidero- comb. form1) + ἄϕθιτος undecaying (see aphthitalite n.) + -ite -ite suffix1; compare French aphtite, aphthite, the name of a gold-coloured copper alloy patented by the same applicant (both also 1877 in sources recording a patent application made in 1876).French aphtite, aphthite was also borrowed into English; compare:1879 Furniture Gaz. 2 Aug. 73/3 An alloy is thus produced..to which may be applied the name of ‘aphthite’, or unalterable.
Obsolete. rare.
A durable white alloy of iron and nickel, also containing copper, tungsten, and aluminium, devised as a substitute for silver.
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1877 Chem. News 27 Apr. 188/2 Sideraphthite is the name given to a new alloy composed of 66 parts of iron, 23 of nickel, 4 of tungsten, 5 of aluminium, and 5 of copper. It is said to resist sulphuretted hydrogen and the vegetable acids.
1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 39/1 A new alloy, which resembles silver, and is very ductile and malleable... The metal is called ‘sideraphthite’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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