carbon steel
Noun
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Steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains (synset 114827244)
is a type of: steel - an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide rangesubtypes:
- drill rod, drill steel - carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels
- eutectoid steel - a steel that contains 0.9% carbon (the eutectic point); a carbon steel with 0.9% carbon is pure pearlite
- hyper-eutectoid steel - a steel that contains more than 0.9% carbon
- hypo-eutectoid steel - a steel that contains less that 0.9% carbon
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