im writing a book.-how is steel made? like, from what natural resources?-is there a type of factory that just prouduces steel to then be made into the various things made out of steel? if so, what kind of company might that be?-what is the first stage of steel, like, right after the other....ingrediants......are mixed, but before it is shaped into whatever its destined to be?thank you so much, i really appreciate it!
That is an ENORMOUS subject that won't fit in this little box. Run an internet search on steel making. Essentially, steel is an alloy of iron and other metals chosen to give it the desired properties. These metals usually come from ores that are extracted from the earth. Actually, iron has too much carbon for most steel making purposes, and the carbon must be burned off. Iron is melted in a blast furnace, and oxygen is used to burn off the excess carbon. Then the molten metal is mixed with molten alloy metals and poured into molds to make ingots, which are blocks of steel of a size convenient for handling. Steel can also be made by re-melting scrap metal and adjusting the amounts of various adulterants or alloy metals at molten temperatures. The ingots are taken to rolling mills to be shaped into rods, pipes, sheet metal, and structural shapes. Molten iron and steel can also be poured into molds to produce complex shapes.
Iron and Carbon, mostly. It can include Manganese, Chromium, Vanadium, Tungsten, and a couple of others, depending on what it will be used for.
Steel is made from iron with some amount of carbon added in- in essence, it is an alloy. A steel factory is a factory that makes steel. It is often sold in bars or in ingots, but many factories also produce steel in prefabricated shapes. The first stage of steel involves molten iron, which then has carbon added to it, eventually becoming molten steel, which hardens into steel.
