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Carbon and iron are known as elements because they cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.

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What are the two elements that make up iron?

Iron is NOT made up of two elements. Iron is an element in its own right. It is found in the Periodic Table of Elements as 'Fe'. 'Fe' is the initials of the Latin name for iron, which is Ferrum. However, iron is mined as iron ore, which is an oxide of iron. It is a chemical combination of iron and oxygen. These are possibly the two elements you are thinking about. As oxides of iron can be found in different forms ( oxidation states). They Are. :- Fe3O4 ; Magnetite. (Lodestone of early navigation). Fe2O3 ; Iron (III) Oxide [ Ferric oxide) the common iron ore. FeO ; Iron (II) Oxide (Ferrous oxide) FeS ; Iron (II) Sulphide (Much less common. Iron metal is NOT found uncombined.


What are iron calcium and carbon?

They are all elements.


What is carbon and iron?

two different elements


Is alloy an element?

No. Alloys are mixtures made up of elements like:steel- made up of iron and carbon. Iron and carbon are elements but steel isnt.


What two elements make iron?

Iron is an element in its own right. So there are no two elements that make iron. However, Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. Iron and Carbon are tweo different elements. So steel contains two different elements.


What does molten iron contain?

mostly iron and carbon but there are three other elements.


What two elements are used to make steel?

The two elements that make up steel are mainly carbon and iron.


What element is in coat steel?

Iron and Carbon. Steel is 98.0 to 99.8% Iron and the rest Carbon. It may have traces of other elements.


What are the elements in stainless steel?

iron chromium nickel carbon


What elements make up mild steel?

Iron and carbon.


What are two elements that are solid at room temperature?

Iron and carbon.


Elements found in a gun?

Iron, carbon, copper, lead,