Is iron the ONLY ferrous pure metal, while every other ferrous metal is an alloy?

Question

I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around classifying metals. So far, I’ve seen two divisions:

1. Pure metals and Alloys

2. Ferrous and Non-ferrous

But I haven’t exactly seen a source that takes both classification divisions into account. Sources keep saying ferrous metals contain iron, so is iron the only pure metal that’s ferrous? Is iron even a ferrous metal? What about the other magnetic metals like nickel and cobalt?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

“Ferrous” means “iron-containing”. Like…that’s the literal definition of what the word means.

So yes, iron is the only pure metal that’s ferrous, by definition. Any other pure metal contains 0% iron, so is non-ferrous.