What uses are there of low, medium and high Carbon Steel???
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Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon content between 0.02% and 1.7% by weight. Carbon is the most cost effective alloying material for iron, but many other alloying elements are also used.[1] 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 their distribution in the steel controls qualities such as the hardness, elasticity, 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. The maximum solubility of carbon in iron is 1.7% by weight, occurring at 1130° Celsius; higher concentrations of carbon or lower temperatures will produce cementite which will reduce the material's strength. Alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as cast iron because of their lower melting point. Steel is also to be distinguished from wrought iron with little or no carbon, usually less than 0.035%. It is common today to talk about 'the iron and steel industry' as if it were a single thing; it is today, but historically they were separate products.\n\nSteel is often classified by its carbon content: a high-carbon steel is serviceable for dies and cutting tools because of its great hardness and brittleness.\n\nlow- or medium-carbon steel is used for sheeting and structural forms because of its amenability to welding and tooling. \n\nAlloy steels, now most widely used, contain one or more other elements to give them specific qualities. \nAluminum steel is smooth and has a high tensile strength. \n\nChromium steel finds wide use in automobile and airplane parts on account of its hardness, strength, and elasticity, as does the chromium-vanadium variety. \n\nNickel steel is the most widely used of the alloys; it is nonmagnetic and has the tensile properties of high-carbon steel without the brittleness. \n\nNickel-chromium steel possesses a shock resistant quality that makes it suitable for armor plate. \n\nWolfram (tungsten), molybdenum, and high-manganese steel are other alloys. \n\nStainless steel, which was developed in England, has a high tensile strength and resists abrasion and corrosion because of its high chromium content.
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That depends on the alloy of steel you are talking about. Most steel has other metals added to tune its properties, like strength, corrosion resistance, or ease of fabrication. Steel is just the element iron that has been processed to control the amount of  carbon. Iron, out of the ground, melts at around 1510 degrees C (2750°F). Steel often melts at around 1370 degrees C (2500°F).
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Use the Nickel Metal..Put your steel into a electrolysis solution of Nickle  electrolytes and charge it with electric anode and cathodes.
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Steel is iron that has most of the impurities removed. Steel also has a consistent concentration of carbon throughout (0.5 percent to 1.5 percent). Impurities like silica, phosphorous and sulfur weaken steel tremendously, so they must be eliminated. The advantage of steel over iron is greatly improved strength. \n\nTo answer your qestion, it should be about 95%. \n\nStainless steel contains at leat 10.5 % chromium (about 85% iron)
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There are literally thousands of grades of steel out there. Each one having different properties including tensile strength, carbon content, etc.  If you are wanting to know about a certain application, its best to consult an engineer. If you are just wanting to learn a little about it, just get a book about engineering materials.
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mixture of iron and carbon produces steel but there may be some chromium in it.
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A lot of manufacturers are using more and more high strengh steel (like Boron) in critical areas.
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mild steels will almost allways be corroded by HCl and H2SO4.  Depending on the pH and electric potential conditions different oxides and other iron ions will form, but it is very difficult to prevent the corrosion.  in addition, the oxides that will for are generally not adherent meaning they will not stick to the surface and protect the metal.\n\nthe bottom line is except for very rare conditions the steel will corrode and will be eventually completley destroyed, and i'm sure you can imagine what this will do to the properties.  to prevent this, just use an appropriate stainless steel alloy
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C. Alloy.  Steel is iron with some carbon added.
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You should find that under the ASTM Manual for steel. Your engineering department should have a copy, otherwise try finding it on line.
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Carbon has made forms and can be used for several things.\n\nDiamond - Gemstone quality are cut and placed in jewelery, Industrial diamonds are used in tools like diamond tipped saws and drill bits designed to cut into heavy materials like stone or metal.\n\nWater Filters - Carbon can combine with many other elements which is why it is used to remove a number of impurities from drinking water and small aquariums.\n\nElectronics - Carbon is commonly used in electronic components (such as resistors) found in TVs, Radios, Computers, Playstations, etc.\n\nFeul & Energy - In the form of coal it is widely used in the boliers of electrical power plants to generate energy. In developing countries it is used as a more efficient means over wood for heating the home and cooking. In China the coal that is mined is pressed into round stackable bricks that are alloted to the people without electricity every month so they can cook food and heat their homes.\n\nGraphite - The "Pencil Lead" for wooden and mechanical pencils. A dry lubricant commonly used on small mechanical devices like locks and hobby motors of miniature vehicles.\n\nDrinks - By mixing with oxygen in the form of Carbon Dioxide it allows for the bubbles in soda.\n\nFood - In the form of baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) it creates gas bubble that make cookies and cakes light and airy.\n\nSteel - The strong and common alloy is made by adding carbon to iron.\n\nSimple Calories - Carbon in one of the key elements in the sugars and starches that make up the carbohydrades in food. The subtances are typically plant-based in origin and are the easiest to breakdown into energy.\n\nNano Tubes - An experimental "artificial muscle" consisting of strong microscopic carbon structures that can flex and contract with electrical current.\n\nAerospace Engineering - New aircraft and spacecraft hulls are made of overlapping layers of woven carbon fiber material and heated resins. The combined layers are stronger and lighter than the traditional aluminum panals that make up older aircraft and space craft skins.
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you could put that exact question into Google. \nResult:\nhttp://shopswarf.orcon.net.nz/steelcolor.html\nhttp://www.diehlsteel.com/t_grades.aspx\n.\n.\n.
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I  think you are talking about EN-8.\nA plain carbon steel suitable for use where a good degree wear resistance combined with toughness is required but without the expense of an alloy steel.\n\nTypical applications of EN8 include base plates for tools in plastic moulding and pressure casting dies, components for hand tools.\n\n\nSince 1988 a new series of 'mandatory' European standards (EN = Europaischen Normen) has been created, to replace national standards, such as BS, DIN, SS and NF, throughout 18 countries of Western Europe. EN are a part of the 'Single Market' legislation, designed to give equal opportunities for firms to compete throughout Europe, by harmonising the technical requirements between countries. The national standards bodies, of which BSI is one, are required to officially withdraw their national standards, when an EN is created with the same scope of application.\n\n\nA number of letters with there mechanical property identifiers are listed below\nLetter Steel Use Mechanical Property... \nS Structural Steel Minimum Yield Strength \nP Pressure Purposes Minimum Yield Strength \nL Line Pipe Minimum Yield Strength \nE Engineering Minimum Yield Strength \nB Reinforcing Steel Characteristic Yield Case \nY Pre-stressing Steel Minimum Yield Case \nR Rails Minimum Yield Case \nH High Strength Cold Rolled Minimum Yield Case \nD Flat Products for Cold Forming C, D or X followed by \ntwo numbers characterising steel \nT Tinmill Products Nominal Yield Case \nM Electrical Steel Number = 100 x specific loss in \nW/kg, "—" \nNumber = 100 x nom thick in mm \nLetter for type of steel (A,B,E,N,S or P) \n\nEN 8 IS an old standard. AISI-1040 is the equivalent. The new standard would be BS 970 080M40.
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cobalt can be used just about anywhere iron could. the primary place would probably use in magnets
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I'm not sure they use metal strips, but if they do they will be spring steel.. Spring steel is everywhere. \nI think they are more likely to use composite materials such as graphite, kevlar or glass fibre. Again these are really readily available.\nAll these materials are not really off the shelf items and are made for specific uses. You will find composite manufacturers in your yellow pages or on the internet. Hopefully they would have some local to you.
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I think it's these metals chrome, cobalt, titanium, or ceramic materials can be used.  I think they have recalled ceramic because they were cracking though.
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One of civil engineering's specialties is construction of large structures such as dams and highways.  This uses a lot of concrete held together against cracking and gross failure by rebar (reinforcing iron bars).  To make lighter thinner structures, Carbon Fiber (CF) will replace rebar in many future applications.  Zoltek (stock symbol ZOLT) is leading the way with partners to apply commercial grade (as opposed to aerospace grade) CF to concrete structures.