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pure metals are too soft due to the neat arrangement of their atoms. hence alloys are usually used as the inconsistent atom sizes would prevent atoms from sliding pass one another:D

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Why is steel rather than pure iron used to make car bodies?

It is because the iron is not strong enough to be able to handle the pressures that steel can. Pure iron is to soft and weak to be of any use and the iron from the blast furnace has too much carbon in it to be useful. That is the real reason


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Pure iron is described as an element because it consists of only one type of atom, which in this case is iron. This diagram shows the arrangement of iron atoms within a sample of pure iron, highlighting how they are all identical and cannot be further broken down chemically. Each iron atom has the same number of protons in its nucleus, defining it as iron on the periodic table of elements.


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Why do iron use in structures?

Iron/steel is used in building because of its great strength and, the fact that it is relatively abundant, thus inexpensive.


Why isn't steel an element?

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How do you get pure iron and what is it used for?

we get it from reacting it in a blast furnace firstly we react oxygen and carbon coke to form carbon dioxide which then reacts further with the coke to form carbon monoxide which then reacts with oxygen from the iron oxide to form carbon dioxide and pure molten Iron. And we use it occasionaly in medicine as iron supplements or in anylytical chemistry.


What are the elements in iron tools?

Strictly speaking, we rarely use pure iron, particularly not in tools. Mix in a Little of some other stuff, like coal(carbon) Molybdenum, Chrome, Nickel etc you get a falmily of Alloys called steel. Steel is stronger than pure iron and more likely to be used in "iron" Tools.


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How do you make an iron?

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What did the ancient egyptians use for building?

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Why is it better to use aluminum instead of iron for building bikes?

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