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Fe

Fe
Iron is one of the most abundant metallic elements (41000 ppm) and probably one of the most important, being used on the largest scale of any metal.
Fe2O3
Chemical formula for Iron III Oxide.
FeCl2
Chemical formula for Iron II Chloride.
FeCl3
Chemical formula for Iron III Chloride.
Feedback
Occurs when some or all of the output of the device (such as an amplifier) is taken back to the input.
Feeler Gauges
A set of steel fingers of different thicknesses that can be used to set the gap between two objects.
Feet
The plural of foot. One foot was defined as one third of the Imperial Standard yard. The abbreviation of foot is ft
Feet per Minute
Old imperial units of velocity, abbreviated as fpm or ft min-1.
Feet per Second Squared
Old imperial unit of acceleration.
FEM
Finite element method is a numerical method which is used to calculate displacements or stresses in structures or components subjected to external and internal loads.
Female Part
A concave piece of equipment which receives a mating male, convex, part.
Femto
Prefix representing a multiplication of 10-15
Femtometre
Abbreviated as fm, unit of distance equal to 10-15m.
femtosecond
Abbreviated as fs, unit of time equal to 10-15s.
Fender Washer
An oversize washer used to spread the load further on soft or thin materials.
FeO
Chemical formula for Iron II Oxide.
Fermat Number
The integers Fn=22n+1 are Fermat numbers.
Fermat′s Last Theorem
States that xn+yn=zn has no whole number solutions for n greater than 2.
Fermat′s Principle
The path taken by a ray of light between any two points in a system is always the path that takes the least time.
Fermi
A derived SI Unit of length equal to 10-15m
Fermi Constant
The Fermi constant shows the coupling between a nucleon and a lepton field.
Fermi Energy
The average energy per particle when adding particles to a distribution but without changing the entropy or the volume.
Fermi Enrico
He received the Nobel Prize for physics for the development of neutron-induced nuclear reactions in 1938.
Fermions
Fermions are particles that satisfy the Pauli exclusion principle and obey the Fermi-Dirac statistics of statistical mechanics.
Fermium
A man-made element with an atomic number of 100.
Ferric Oxide
Old name for Iron III Oxide.
Ferrite
A solid solution of one or more elements in body-centered cubic iron.
Ferrite Rod Aerial
A coil of wire wound on a ferrite material to increase the inductance of the coil. It's signal capturing capability.
Ferroelectric
A dielectric material that may exhibit polarization in the absence of an electric field.
Ferromagnetism
Permanent and large magnetizations found in some metals (e.g., Fe, Ni, and Co), which result from the parallel alignments of neighboring magnetic moments.
Ferrous Chloride
Old name for Iron II Chloride.
Ferrous Oxide
Old name for Iron II Oxide.
Ferrous Sulphide
Old name for Iron Sulphide.
Ferrum
Latin for iron, hence the symbol Fe.
FeS
Chemical formula for Iron Sulphide.
FeS2
Chemical formula for Iron II Sulphide.
FeSO4
Chemical formula for Iron II Sulphate.
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