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Mischmetal meaning

An alloy of rare earth elements containing about 50% cerium and 50% lanthanum, neodymium, and similar elements used especially as a flint in cigarette lighters

Using Mischmetal

  • The main meaning on this page is: An alloy of rare earth elements containing about 50% cerium and 50% lanthanum, neodymium, and similar elements used especially as a flint in cigarette lighters

Context around Mischmetal

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

flint 1× using 1×

Often after:

hot 1× instead 1×

Sentence patterns with Mischmetal

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

alloys using mischmetal instead of 1× lanthanides a mischmetal with more 1× true flint mischmetal hot spark 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

comparison with ferrocerium 1× due to high 1× more economically viable 1×

Common sentence endings:

of pure lanthanum 1× or fire steel 1× were soon developed 1×

Words around Mischmetal

Just before it in the word index:

mischmasch 5 mischling 2 mischke 3 mischka 2 mischievousness 4 mischievously 7

Just after it in the word index:

mischner 3 miscibility 4 miscible 18 misclassification 8 misclassified 10 misclassifying 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Mischmetal

  • In this selection, "mischmetal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, flint, using, hot and instead stand out and add context to how "mischmetal" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include alloys using mischmetal instead of and lanthanides a mischmetal with more. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mischmetal" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mischmetal

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

More economically viable alloys using mischmetal instead of lanthanum were soon developed. (12 words)

Due to high cost to extract the other lanthanides, a mischmetal with more than 50% of lanthanum is used instead of pure lanthanum. (23 words)

Comparison with ferrocerium Flint and steel used to strike sparks were superseded by ferrocerium (sometimes referred to as "flint", although not true flint, " mischmetal ", "hot spark", "metal match", or "fire steel"). (31 words)

Longer example sentences

Comparison with ferrocerium Flint and steel used to strike sparks were superseded by ferrocerium (sometimes referred to as "flint", although not true flint, " mischmetal ", "hot spark", "metal match", or "fire steel"). (31 words)

Due to high cost to extract the other lanthanides, a mischmetal with more than 50% of lanthanum is used instead of pure lanthanum. (23 words)

More economically viable alloys using mischmetal instead of lanthanum were soon developed. (12 words)

Example sentences (3)

Comparison with ferrocerium Flint and steel used to strike sparks were superseded by ferrocerium (sometimes referred to as "flint", although not true flint, " mischmetal ", "hot spark", "metal match", or "fire steel").

Due to high cost to extract the other lanthanides, a mischmetal with more than 50% of lanthanum is used instead of pure lanthanum.

More economically viable alloys using mischmetal instead of lanthanum were soon developed.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "mischmetal" in a sentence?
An example: "Comparison with ferrocerium Flint and steel used to strike sparks were superseded by ferrocerium (sometimes referred to as "flint", although not true flint, " mischmetal ", "hot spark", "metal match", or "fire steel")." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "mischmetal" from authentic English texts.
What does "mischmetal" mean?
Mischmetal means: An alloy of rare earth elements containing about 50% cerium and 50% lanthanum, neodymium, and similar elements used especially as a flint in cigarette lighters
How many example sentences with "mischmetal" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "mischmetal", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.