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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Steel is an alloy of [ | + | Steel is an alloy of [[iron|iron]] with a small percentage of [[carbon|carbon]]. The amount of carbon present changes the iron from a soft easily worked metal into an extremely hard brittle metal. Medium carbon (normal) steel contains between 0.2-0.6% carbon. It can be easily cast and forged into many shapes and is used in construction. |
| − | See also [ | + | See also [[carbon%20steel|carbon steel]]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 12:18, 9 May 2016
Description
Steel is an alloy of Iron with a small percentage of Carbon. The amount of carbon present changes the iron from a soft easily worked metal into an extremely hard brittle metal. Medium carbon (normal) steel contains between 0.2-0.6% carbon. It can be easily cast and forged into many shapes and is used in construction.
See also Carbon steel.
Synonyms and Related Terms
normal steel; aço carbono (Port.)
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 161
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996 Comment: 0.25 - 0.60 % carbon content
- Henry Hodges, Artifacts: An Introduction to Early Materials and Technology, Ronald P. Frye, Kingston, Canada, 1988
- Website address 1 Comment: Olympus Microscopy Resource Center at http://www.olympusmicro.com/galleries/abramowitz/index.html give proportions as 0.2-0.49% carbon