carbon steel
Hardened iron blend
Carbon steel is steel whose properties come primarily from its carbon content rather than from other alloying elements like chromium or nickel.
Most steel is carbon steel.
Higher carbon content increases hardness and strength but reduces ductility: low-carbon steel bends easily for auto body panels, while high-carbon steel holds an edge for knives and tools.
- ironElement twenty-six
- alloyMetallic combination
- temperingControlled heating and cooling
- pearliteLamellar iron-carbon phase
- metallurgyScience of extracting metals
smelting · quenching · microstructure · carburizing · weldability · annealing · ferrous · wrought · forging · blade · manganese · rust resistant · cast · hardness · mill · brittle · tool · knife blade
- Alloysbrass, bronze, pewter, solder, amalgam
- materialsmetal, metals, wood, ceramic, fabric
- Carbongraphite, diamond, diamonds, graphene, fullerene
- cookware materialscast iron, ceramic, copper, aluminum, nonstick
- frying-panskillet, nonstick, teflon, cast iron, ceramic
- steel thingsrebar, I-beam, girder, sheet metal, ball bearing
carbon steelstainless steel
Rust-proof iron alloy
alloy steel · galvanized steel · titanium · aluminum · tool steel
steel, carbon, steely, carbohydrate, stainless steel, carbine, carbonate, carbonize, carbonic