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hard steel; ingot steel; acier à haute teneur en carbone (Fr.); hoog koolstof staal (Ned.); aço de alto teor de carbono (Port.)
 
hard steel; ingot steel; acier à haute teneur en carbone (Fr.); hoog koolstof staal (Ned.); aço de alto teor de carbono (Port.)
  
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* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971  Comment: p. 161
 
* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971  Comment: p. 161

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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. High carbon or hard steel contains between 0.7-1.5% carbon. It is very hard and brittle. High carbon steel is used to fortify warships and vehicles and to make rails.

See also Carbon steel.

Synonyms and Related Terms

hard steel; ingot steel; acier à haute teneur en carbone (Fr.); hoog koolstof staal (Ned.); aço de alto teor de 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
  • Henry Hodges, Artifacts: An Introduction to Early Materials and Technology, Ronald P. Frye, Kingston, Canada, 1988
  • The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

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