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Steel is an alloy, consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2 % and 2.04%, depending on the grade and quality. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese, chromium, vanadium and tungsten. so the active ingredient in steel is iron

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The "active" ingredients depend on the characteristic under consideration. Stainless steel is a mixture of metallic elements along with smaller quantities of non-metallic elements. The non-metallic elements, in particular, may be added to give stainless steel specific properties. In that context, then, that particular element may be an active ingredient.

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The main ingredient is iron.

Carbon steels are actually mixtures of iron and carbon. Depending on the type of steel, the composition of iron may vary.

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the active ingredient in steel is iron and carbon.

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Iron ore, tons of heat, and air.

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