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carbon steelAlloy of iron and carbon in which the carbon content may range from less than 0.015% to slightly more than 2%. Adding this tiny amount of carbon produces a material that exhibits great strength, hardness, and other valuable mechanical properties. Carbon steels account for about 90% of the world's steel production. They are used extensively for automobile bodies, appliances, machinery, ships, containers, and the structures of buildings. Carbon steel, formerly made by the Bessemer, crucible, or open-hearth process, is now made by the basic oxygen process, or by an arc furnace. carbon steel [′kär·bən ′stēl] (metallurgy) Steel containing carbon, to about 2%, as the principal alloying element. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Based on the results published in reference 3 for a plain carbon steel covered with plasma-sprayed alumina, it can be shown that an increase in the contamination level of 10% causes a 25% reduction in adhesion strength. This is followed by ten chapters, each describing how stainless steels, nickel alloys and some low alloy steels have evolved from plain carbon steel. Plain carbon steels also have good mechanical properties in the as-cast condition in thin-wall castings, eliminating the cost of heat treatment. |
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