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Any metal that is an element, like copper, iron, manganese, etc will rust (or oxidize, if you want to get technical).
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Is a steel nail a metal?
A nail made of steel.
What metal is easier to magnetise iron or steel?
Iron.
Which metal ore do you m ine to extract steel?
No ore contains steel. However, IRON ore, such as taconite, produces iron. When alloyed with other metals and carbon, it becomes steel.
What is a feres metal?
Ferrous relates to iron content and the valency of a metal. To be ferrous means that the metal has +2 electrons in its outermost shell.
What is iron used for and why?
Iron compounds are used as a food nutritional supplement. Iron is rarely used for any other purpose than manufacturing various types of steel, by adding carbon, or by adding other metals. This is because almost any type of steel is superior to iron in almost any category you want to mention except malleability; if you want to create horseshoes in a hand forge, then you probably want iron. Pure iron hasn't been in widespread use for over 100 years. The metal used in buildings and machinery is steel of one sort or another.
Is steel metal?
Yes, steel is a metal. Carbon steel, is composed of iron and carbon, with other additives added depending on the type of steel that is needed.
Why is steel a ferrous metal?
Steel is a 'ferrous' metal because it is an alloy of iron and carbon, and possibly other metals. The word 'ferrous' comes from Latin, and means 'iron'. Remember in the Periodic Table the symbol for iron is 'Fe'.
Is steel a metal?
Yes, steel is a metal. Carbon steel, is composed of iron and carbon, with other additives added depending on the type of steel that is needed.
Why do you melt iron to make steel?
Steel is iron with added carbon and other materials. For other materials to mix chemically with the iron, it has to be liquid. Melting iron changes it to liquid.
Is iron a metal used to make steel?
Steel is made of iron to which is added between 0,02 % and 1.67 % of carbon.If you go over 2% of carbon, you'll get cast iron instead of steel.
What kind of materials are iron and steel?
Iron and steel are a type of metal (a Solid)
Steel is a metal or non metal?
Steel is mostly iron, which is a metal, but a lot of steel contains carbon, which is a nonmetal.
Is a steel nail a metal?
A nail made of steel.
What metal is easier to magnetise iron or steel?
Iron.
Which metal ore do you m ine to extract steel?
No ore contains steel. However, IRON ore, such as taconite, produces iron. When alloyed with other metals and carbon, it becomes steel.
What is a magnetic metal that is in steel?
Iron.
What is the main metal of a steel?
Iron.
