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Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. Low carbon steel is <0.3% carbon, and high carbon is 1% and | Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. Low carbon steel is <0.3% carbon, and high carbon is 0.6-1%. Ultra high carbon steel is up to ~2%, and used for super hard things like punches. The more carbon, the more brittle. >2% is called cast iron, which is a misnomer because it's technically a steel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_steel | ||
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Revision as of 22:36, 16 September 2020
About
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. Low carbon steel is <0.3% carbon, and high carbon is 0.6-1%. Ultra high carbon steel is up to ~2%, and used for super hard things like punches. The more carbon, the more brittle. >2% is called cast iron, which is a misnomer because it's technically a steel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_steel
Overview
Steel is used in almost every machine of the GVCS.
Details
Product Ecology
Created from raw materials using these tools
cut and shaped using these tools
parts connected together by
- Welder
- nuts and bolts and other design-for-disassembly connectors
a part of
- Pretty much every tool in the GVCS
- some kinds of Modular Housing Units
Links
- We should come up with a Quick Reference Guide one-pager to Commonly-Available Imperial Steel Stock
- We also need a Quick Reference Guide to Commonly-Available Metric Steel Stock
- Speedy Metals has stock sections - [1]
- Aluminum
- 80/20 comparison to steel: 80/20 Comparisons to Steel
- Arc furnace plans
- Structural Steel Sections