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Like..... Making tools and armor and stuff

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Q: What was iron used for in the past?
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What is the past tense and the past participle of iron?

The past tense and past participle of iron are both ironed.


How was the element iron used in the past?

In the iron age iron was used to make useful tools that they made easier, more complex, sometimes more hard and resistant than the stones tools of the stone age.


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What is the past tense of iron?

The past tense is ironed.


What is the past participle of iron?

Ironed.


What has iron been used for in the past?

Soutullo? If you don't know what I'm talking about, never mind. Weapons, weapons weapons!


What kind of metal did the blacksmith use?

In past times most often the blacksmith used wrought iron. Wrought iron is made by taking iron ore and charcoal heating until it melts. That process produces pig iron. The next step is to heat the pig iron up until it is soft then hammer it until most of the impurities are driven off. Iron as it is heated past 600 degrees F turns black as the iron oxides with air. That gives the Blacksmith his name black + smith or striker. Mild steel is used for most modern blacksmith works.Mild steel that is steel that has less than .3 percent carbon in it. Cast iron is not used as it is too brittle.


What is the simple past tense of iron?

ironed


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