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Iron is one of the metals of which can be saturated with carbon.

It is commonly used to make Iron harder.

Unfortunately it will also make the Iron brittle.

Iron with a lot of carbon in it can break and shatter if hit hard.

Iron without carbon is "soft" and will most likely only bend.

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