What is the difference between iron and steel


Babo , Tuesday, 3rd of August 2010 04:24:35 PM

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hat is the difference between iron and steel 
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Johnny Rotten , Wednesday, 4th of August 2010 06:12:33 AM

DO you mean iron as a pure element? Steel is an alloy,  
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typically mixed with carbon and can mixed Ni, Cr, etc etc. Iron is rarely  
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in a pure form as it tends to oxidize very quickly (ie rust).  
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Gir , Thursday, 5th of August 2010 03:06:43 PM

Iron is a lustrous, ductile, malleable, silver-gray metal. It  
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is known to exist in four distinct crystalline forms. Iron rusts in dump  
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air, but not in dry air. It dissolves readily in dilute acids. Iron is  
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chemically active & forms two major series of chemical compounds, the  
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bivalent iron (II), or ferrous, compounds & the trivalent iron (III), or  
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ferric, compounds.  
 
Steel is an alloy -Alloy: a combination, either in solution or compound,  
of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, & where the  
resulting material has metallic properties  
 
 
 
 
 

teddyboo , Friday, 6th of August 2010 10:50:30 AM

Iron is a pure element. Steel is an alloy (actually a class of  
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alloys) of iron. Steel = Iron + Carbon + X + Y +.. The different  
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percentages and identities of elements X, Y, . make for the different  
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types of steel.  
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Katie Babe!~ , Saturday, 7th of August 2010 10:49:43 PM

Steel is Iron that has been infused with extra carbon. Imagen  
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iron as an open framework of boxes. When it is heated up over coal, the  
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framework expands and carbon molecules enter the frames, then when it is  
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cooled the framework contracts trapping the carbon inside, the result is  
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steel. Much more dense.  
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NINCUMPOOP , Sunday, 8th of August 2010 07:42:49 PM

One of the most basic to this is the amount of carbon in it.  
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Iron is high in carbon, steel is low in carbon.  
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I wanted to give you a better definition so I got the book out.  
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Steel is produced by adding a controled amount of carbon back to Iron that  
has had most or all of the carbon and impurities removed. This is called  
straight carbon steel. Alloys of steel are made by adding other eliments  
such as nickel, Chromium, manganese and other elements to steel in  
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Babooshka , Monday, 9th of August 2010 04:17:22 AM

Iron is a pure element. Steel is an alloy of carbon and iron.  
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The carbon makes the iron harder.  
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beast , Tuesday, 10th of August 2010 09:04:20 AM

density  
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Angel Baby , Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 02:52:51 AM

i believe you mix iron with tin or something to make steel.  
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Benny Boo Bear , Thursday, 12th of August 2010 08:41:55 AM

steel has alot more carbon in it  
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