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how many persent of manganese in all types of carbon steel?

how many persent of manganese in all types of carbon steel

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Not more than 1.65 % of manganese in carbon steel. *Carbon steel, also called plain carbon steel, is steel where the main alloying constituent is carbon. The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) defines carbon steel as: Steel is considered to be carbon steel when no minimum content is specified or required for chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium or zirconium, or any other element to be added to obtain a desired alloying effect; when the specified minimum for copper does not exceed 0.40 percent; or when the maximum content specified for any of the following elements does not exceed the percentages noted: manganese 1.65, silicon 0.60, copper 0.60 *AISI 1040 is a carbon steel which is having a 0.60-0.90 % of manganese.
i think it is 1.65%...
No problem with other answers but there is a high carbon/manganese steel called Hadfields Steel which has been used as armour plate in pilots seats in fighter aircraft in the second world war.This steel contains about 13% manganese and about 1.5 % carbon and is non-magnetic because it retains it's high temperature crystal type(austenite).When it is stuck with a bullet it absorbs the energy of the strike by changing crystal structure to the magnetic form of iron(in this case shock Martensite),I should think that it still has a role in the scoops and picks in earth-moving and farming blades.Well you did ask about all types of carbon steel!

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