Alnico is an acronym referring to a family of iron alloys which in addition to iron are composed primarily of aluminium ( Al ) , nickel ( Ni ) and cobalt ( Co ) , hence al-ni-co .
Alnico is an acronym ( A short form or an abbreviation formed from the starting letters of other words and spoken as a word ) of iron alloys which are made up of iron and aluminium ( Al ) , nickel ( Ni ) and cobalt ( Co ) , and hence the acronym Al-Ni-Co .