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Decarbonising steel is a funny thing to say. Since steel is an alloy of iron and carbon it should mean turning steel into iron. Of course it is meant in a diff
by weinzierl 4y ago
Decarbonising steel is a funny thing to say. Since steel is an alloy of iron and carbon it should mean turning steel into iron. Of course it is meant in a different way in the article.
- shirleyquirk 4y agoThat process is called /decarburization/
- realworldperson 4y ago[dead]
- perilunar 4y agoyeah, but you turn pig iron and cast iron into steel by removing carbon, not adding it.
- dermesser 4y agoYes, the confusing issue is that iron-in-your-house or as a building material generally has a higher carbon content than steel, making the latter more elastic and less brittle (generally).