As a child, I learned that iron is an element, and steel is an alloy of iron with other elements (mainly carbon).
I recently learned that cast iron has high levels of carbon. Why is that not considered steel?
It seems like the definition I learned in school was a simplification. What is the real difference?
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r/NoStupidQuestions As a child, I learned that iron is an element, and steel is an alloy of iron with other elements (mainly carbon). I recently learned that cast iron has high levels of carbon. Why is that not considered steel? It seems like the definition I learned in school was a simplification. What is the real difference? submitted by /u/il_biciclista [link] [comments]
As a child, I learned that iron is an element, and steel is an alloy of iron with other elements (mainly carbon).
I recently learned that cast iron has high levels of carbon. Why is that not considered steel?
It seems like the definition I learned in school was a simplification. What is the real difference?
submitted by /u/il_biciclista
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