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When you are cutting or drilling metal, it works best when the metal you are cutting or drilling with is harder than the metal you are cutting. Adding carbon to the steel makes it harder (also more brittle), and since bolt cutters are usually cutting metal, making the jaws from a high carbon steel makes them able to cut more metals than if regular steel, and it will also cut with less force/effort.
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Why temperature drop is high in low carbon steel than high carbon steel?
Because high carbon steel has low fluidity & low carbon steel has high fluidity.
Can high carbon steel compact?
yes high carbon steel compacts
Is it possible to cold roll high carbon steel?
Yes you can bend high carbon steel.
What is the difference between high carbon steel and low carbon steel I know one has more carbon than the other?
Low carbon steel, is very soft, and can be easily shaped, but high carbon steel is extreamly stong and is used for springs or high strenght wire
What material is used to make a dies?
threads are made by high carbon steel and high speed steel. the body of die made by steel and carbon steel
What is low carbon steel and high carbon steel?
Low carbon steel is steel with low carbon. High carbon steel is steel with high carbon
Why temperature drop is high in low carbon steel than high carbon steel?
Because high carbon steel has low fluidity & low carbon steel has high fluidity.
Can high carbon steel compact?
yes high carbon steel compacts
Is carbon steel a non ferrous metal?
High carbon steel is a metal.The addition of carbon makes the steel harder after heat treatment.
Why high carbon high chromium steel cannot be weld?
high carbon high chromium steel to Welding
What are router cutters made out of?
High speed steel, often with a carbide tip
Is it possible to cold roll high carbon steel?
Yes you can bend high carbon steel.
What is the difference between high carbon steel and low carbon steel I know one has more carbon than the other?
Low carbon steel, is very soft, and can be easily shaped, but high carbon steel is extreamly stong and is used for springs or high strenght wire
What material is used to make a dies?
threads are made by high carbon steel and high speed steel. the body of die made by steel and carbon steel
What are the Limitations of plain carbon steels for engineering applications?
There are 4 they are Low Carbon steel, Medium Carbon Steel, High Carbon Steel and Eutectiod
Is high carbon steel metal better or 1045 carbon steel?
1045 is better
What is stronger low carbon steel or high carbon steel?
The amount of carbon in iron metal determines the strength and type of steel.Steel with low carbon is called low carbon steel and carbon with medium carbon called medium carbon steel. It is called low carbon steel if the carbon content is around 2.5 % or less. Others may be called medium or high carbon steel like that used in Die Steel of cutting tools. Generally low carbon steel are preferred if welding is adopted.
