and what type of metal is steel?
Iron and carbon is call mild steel, low carbon steel or high carbon steel depending on the percentage of carbon use , higher the carbon is used the tougher the steel is .but as far as I vaguely remember, in high carbon steel its only 3% of less carbon. Iron in its pure state is called wrought iron which is soft. Then there are Tool steel, High speed steel [drill bits and cutting tools are made]. Spring steel. [springs ] are made. Then we have alloy steel is another
From the steel store. ;) Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.14% by weight (C:110–10Fe), depending on grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten.
Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.14% by weight (C:110–10Fe), depending on grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten. Carbon and other elements act as a hardening agent, preventing dislocations in the iron atom crystal lattice from sliding past one another. Varying the amount of alloying elements and form of their presence in the steel (solute elements, precipitated phase) controls qualities such as the hardness, ductility, and tensile strength of the resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content can be made harder and stronger than iron, but is also more brittle.
Steel comes from iron ore nuggets,only larger kind of like gold..it is melted down ..called smelting..it is iron.
