What is "mitis"

Mitis metal \Mitis metal\ The malleable iron produced by mitis casting; -- called also simply mitis.

n. 1 (cx attributive English) A process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminum is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire clay. 2 The malleable iron produced by this technique.

Mitis may refer to:

• La Mitis, a Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada
• Mitis River, a river in Matapedia Valley, Quebec, Canada
• Mitis Lake, a lake of the Zec de la Rivière-Mitis in Quebec, Canada
•  MitiS, US electronic dance music composer Joseph Torre.