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* | *About one trillion pounds - https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2006/DanielTouger.shtml | ||
*Compare that to mass of iron - 5% * 6^24 kg= 0.05*6 = 3^23 kg of iron | |||
*Trillion is 10^12 - so almost one trillion pounds of iron per person. | |||
Ie, if you take a heap of people, each owns about 1 trillion pounds of steel. Carbon availability happens to be 4% of that - so we are perfectly fit for turning all iron into high carbon steel. | |||
Revision as of 17:05, 7 May 2018
- About one trillion pounds - https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2006/DanielTouger.shtml
- Compare that to mass of iron - 5% * 6^24 kg= 0.05*6 = 3^23 kg of iron
- Trillion is 10^12 - so almost one trillion pounds of iron per person.
Ie, if you take a heap of people, each owns about 1 trillion pounds of steel. Carbon availability happens to be 4% of that - so we are perfectly fit for turning all iron into high carbon steel.