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Steel is an ALLOY of iron and carbon .
In the Blast Furnace, iron ore is reduced to iron. When cool it is very brittle.
However, whilst hot it is placed into a BOS plant. In the BOS plant the level of carbon is adjusted, so as to make steel.
The amount of carbon alloyed to iron varies from 0.2% to 2.0% depending on the nature of the use of the steel. e.g. razor strip, sheet steel( cars/white goods etc.,) forged steel (tools) ,and building steel (re-inforcing bars).
Also whilst in the BOS plant , or even in another furnace, levels of phosphorus, vanadium, chromium, nickel etc., are adjusted in order to produce Stainless Steel, Re-inforced railway lines(rails) for railway switches. etc.,
NB BOS plant ' Basic Oxygen Sulphur plant., Successor to the Bessemer Converter. Also now they can use electric arc furnaces to do the same and/or make different types of steel.
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Does steel come from volcano?
NO!!!! Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon . Depending on the nature of the use of steel , other metals can be added as alloys. The whole is made in a steel works. Volcanoes do NOT make steel. They produce, gas, rock, lava, magma, NB Looking into a steel furnace might be like looking into an erupting crater of a volcano; very hot, glowing red. However, they are two completely different things.
How does steel come out of the ground?
Steel comes out of the ground as iron ore. The iron ore is reduced in a blast furnace to 'pig' iron. 'pig' iron is placed in another furnace, where the levels of carbon are adjusted to make steel . Steel is an alloy of Iron and Carbon . The percentage carbon varies from 0.2% to 2.0% depending on the use of steel . Other elemetal/metals can be added to give steel further characteristics. e.g. stainless steel, (Iron, Carbon, Chromium, Nickel, and Manganese).
What country did steel come from?
There are a number of countries that steel came from. Japan and China was the top countries in production of steel in the middle ages.
When did steel come to China?
100 BCE
Where does the steel come from?
it comes from stee le
Which state does iron and steel come from?
Michigan
Do Espresso Machines come in purple?
No, all of them come in black or stainless steel
Does mild steel come in strips?
yes mild steel comes in strips rather than blocks
When does red steel 2 come out?
December 2009.
What happens when a magnet come near steel?
stick it
What are salt water fishing hooks made of?
They come in different grades of steel. Some are made of stainless steel.
Which is harder glass or steel?
It depends how thick, but usually steel. steel because it does not shadder into pices and is harder to break and also usually come in thicker sizes.
