answersLogoWhite

0

Low carbon steels are the most common form of steel, containing approx. 0.05 to 0.15% of carbon. We can use it for:

  • Car bodies
  • Screw nuts
  • Bolts
  • Beams for buildings and bridges
  • plate for line pipe
  • automotiveheet applications
User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Engineering

Is steel an element of iron?

No, steel is not an element. It is actually considered an alloy, and the elements iron and carbon are the basic ingredients for making steel. Certainly other elements can be added for different reasons, like chromium for the production of stainless steel. But it is iron and carbon that make steel.


What is the equivalent BS steel of astm a36 steel?

BSEN 10025-3GRS420N give me the material composition number


If only low and high plain carbon steels are present what simple method can be employed to distinguish between them?

By performing a spark test in a grinder. The colour of the spark is different in each case. High carbon steel will give out bright yellow sparks.


What is high carbon steel made out of?

It all begins in a blast furnace; coke (a high carbon form of coal) and iron ore (haematite) are heated together until we are left with pure molten iron and slag (a waste product) which are both filtered out of the bottom of the blast furnace. The hot iron is taken to a melting shop where it is mixed with recycled steel scraps and other alloys in a basic oxygen furnace, you are left with steel. The steel is cast and the repeatedly rolled and stretched. Once it is the size and length required they allow it to cool. It can be 'pickled' to give it extra qualities: for example a zinc coating can be added to make 'galvanized iron' (which is resistant to corrosion). Steel is 100% recyclable


What is difference between MS steel and SS steel?

There are lots of stainless steels. Steel, by definition is an alloy containing carbon. The different alloyed elements give various steels their properties -- including strength, stiffness, brittleness, corrosion resistance, among others.Mild steel contains 0.16-0.29% carbon.Carbon steel has a carbon content in the range of 0.30-1.70% by weight.Stainless steel has a minimum of 11% chromium content by mass.Only stainless steel does not corrode."Stainless Steels" don't corrode because one of their alloying metals (usually chromium or molybdenum) forms a passivemigrates to the surface of the solid and forms a thin, hard oxide layer that is difficult to get through. In addition, there are electrochemical reasons why chromium and some other elements are resistant to corrosion.

Related Questions

Is carbon steel a non ferrous metal?

No, carbon steel is a ferrous metal because it contains iron as the primary alloying element along with carbon. Ferrous metals are those that contain iron as a major component, whereas non-ferrous metals do not contain iron.


How difference between stainless steel and carbon steel?

carbon steel is iron with "structured" carbon which make iron strong (hard). stainless steel is steel with different percentage contain of aluminium, nickel, chrome... which give the steel different kind of other characteristics including "stainless- the ability of not getting rusted."


Steel is formed when a little bit of carbon is added to this element.?

Iron (Fe) is the main component of steel. Steel is formed when iron is mixed with carbon or other elements.


What are two kinds of disturbances that change ecosystem give two examples?

carbon and climate


Why wouldn't carbon-hardened steel be very magnetic?

Carbon-hardened steel typically has a higher carbon content, which can disrupt the alignment of atoms and reduce the material's overall magnetic properties. The added carbon can form non-magnetic structures that interfere with the magnetic alignment of the steel, making it less magnetic compared to other types of steel.


Can you give me a example of a ferrous metal?

Examples of ferrous metals are :1.Mild Steel2.Wrought Iron3.Stainless Steel4.Cast Iron5.Carbon Steel


Is steel an element of iron?

No, steel is not an element. It is actually considered an alloy, and the elements iron and carbon are the basic ingredients for making steel. Certainly other elements can be added for different reasons, like chromium for the production of stainless steel. But it is iron and carbon that make steel.


How Much is Alloy 1090 Please give a real answer?

There is no way to give an answer - metal prices change daily. Alloy 1090 is expensive for a tool metal but nothing compared with gold. It is carbon and steel with a higher carbon content than other high carbon steel - the more carbon infused, the more expensive the metal. As an example, a cheap tool made from a cheap low carbon steel is $3 - the same tool made from the same weight of high carbon steel might be in the $50 range. Sorry I can't get any more specific but even if there was a place that listed the price on a given day, it would be a lie tomorrow.


Are iron and steel the same?

No. Iron is a pure metallic element. Steel an alloy of iron iron with something else added, usually carbon, to give it more strength.


How do you write the symbol for for steel?

Steel does not have a chemical symbol. That's because steel is iron (Fe) with a tiny bit of carbon (C) in it. It may or may not have other elements intentionally alloyed in it to give it different properties, but steel itself is not an element.


What is added to iron to make steel and give different proportions?

The main ingredient is carbon. Carbon is what makes iron into steel. Other chemicals are added, like chromium, which makes stainless steel. Different amounts of carbon can change the properties. Adding a lot of carbon makes high-carbon steel, which is hard and flexible, used to make knife blades and (lower quality) springs. Adding molybdenum (and chrome, I think) makes chromoly steel, very flexible and strong steel often used in the racing industry.The element chromium, itself another metal, is added to steel (which is iron with a bit of carbon) to make stainless steel alloys.Also added: vanadium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, wolfram, etc.Chromium and nickel are added to the iron to make stainless steel.it will be process in heating room


Examples of personal liability exposures and how they give rise to legal liability?

examples of joint,several and individual liability of partnership firm