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There are actually several alloys of iron and carbon, cast iron and wrought iron are two. One of the most important criteria in specifying such alloys is the percentage of carbon in the alloy: very high percentages produce extremely strong but brittle alloys while very low percentages produce weak but extremely flexible alloys. Steels require a delicate balance in a narrow range of percentages somewhere in the middle.

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