ferrosoferric oxide
noun
fer·ro·so·ferric oxide
fə|¦rōsə,
fe|+…-
: a black magnetic iron oxide Fe3O4 found in nature as magnetite, also obtained synthetically (as from iron by heating in steam or from a ferrous salt and an alkali by precipitation and oxidation), and used chiefly as a pigment and polishing material
called also iron(II,III) oxide
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary ferroso- + ferric
First Known Use
1825, in the meaning defined above
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