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Definition of Carbon steel

1. Noun. Steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains.

Definition of Carbon steel

1. Noun. Any of a range of alloys of iron and carbon whose properties depend on the proportion of carbon. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbon Steel

Literary usage of Carbon steel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Thermal Critical Points of Low carbon steel: If the same experiment be now performed with a steel containing even a small per ..."

2. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1918)
"Grain-size Inheritance in Iron and carbon steel BY ZAY JEFFRIES,* BS, MET. ... In general, in both iron and carbon steel the larger the austenite grain size ..."

3. Metals in America's Historic Buildings: Uses and Preservation Treatments by Margot Gayle, John G. Waite (1992)
"The classification of steel is based on its carbon content, as shown in the following comparison:87 Low carbon steel—up to 0.2% carbon Mild steel—up to ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"The authors, however, showed that this evidence was based on high-carbon or alloy steels and no facts regarding medium-carbon steel were presented. ..."

5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Properties of Low-carbon steel.—What is commonly known as low-carbon, or merchant, ... A good quality of low-carbon steel containing only . per cent, ..."

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