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Carbon Steels:
Steel is carbon steel when is doesn't contain
Aluminum, Boron, Chromium, Cobalt, Columbium,
Molybdenum, Nickel, Titanium, Tungsten, Vanadium
or Zirconium. Copper does not exceed 0.40% or
when the maximum content specified does not
exceed the percentage noted
Manganese 1.65%
Silicon 0.6%
Copper 0.6%
Carbon steels are different from cast iron as
regards the percentage of carbon. Carbon
contains 0.10 to 1.5% carbon whereas cast iron
possesses from 1.8 to 4.2% carbon.
Classification of carbon steels
Carbon steel is classified as follows
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