2006-07-12 10:27:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Steel is Iron that has been infused with extra carbon. Imagen iron as an open framework of boxes. When it is heated up over coal, the framework expands and carbon molecules enter the frames, then when it is cooled the framework contracts trapping the carbon inside, the result is steel. Much more dense.
2006-07-12 10:32:38 · answer #1 · answered by Dagfinn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Iron is a pure element. Steel is an alloy (actually a class of alloys) of iron. Steel = Iron + Carbon + X + Y +.... The different percentages and identities of elements X, Y, ... make for the different types of steel.
2006-07-12 10:33:40 · answer #2 · answered by ChemDoc 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Iron is a pure element whereas steel is an adulterant that is derived of an iron. For making steel different elements are combined with iron.
Iron: Both iron and steel are substance. Iron is fourth abundant element that exists in the world. It is a pure element and Quantity of carbon in elements really differs one to another. Pure form of iron is not too much hard. Iron contains approximate more than 2 percent of carbon that is way it is hard. Different other kinds of elements are also made by iron. Iron is used for many purposes as in industries for making heavy machineries, railway lines, roads, biological processes and many more.
Steel: Steel is not pure element it is derived from iron. Steel is formed when controlled amount of iron and carbon less than two percent are combined. As steel is stronger than iron, that is way it has many applications as in industries. Approximately about 4000 years ago steel is introduced. It is widely used in roads, railway lines, infrastructure, buildings, transportation, aerospace and many more.
2015-08-30 08:11:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-18 18:42:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iron is a pure element. Steel is an alloy of carbon and iron. The carbon makes the iron harder.
2006-07-12 10:31:44 · answer #5 · answered by anonymous 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the most basic answers to this is the amount of carbon in it. Iron is high in carbon, steel is low in carbon.
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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 controled amounts
2006-07-12 10:32:16 · answer #6 · answered by cooper_tire_chemist 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
DO you mean iron as a pure element? Steel is an alloy, typically mixed with carbon and can mixed Ni, Cr, etc etc. Iron is rarely in a pure form as it tends to oxidize very quickly (ie rust).
2006-07-12 12:27:36 · answer #7 · answered by JoeP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iron is a lustrous, ductile, malleable, silver-gray metal. It is known to exist in four distinct crystalline forms. Iron rusts in dump air, but not in dry air. It dissolves readily in dilute acids. Iron is chemically active and forms two major series of chemical compounds, the bivalent iron (II), or ferrous, compounds and the trivalent iron (III), or 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, and where the resulting material has metallic properties
2006-07-12 10:46:28 · answer #8 · answered by celtic-tides04@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe you mix iron with tin or something to make steel.
2006-07-12 10:29:34 · answer #9 · answered by dager35 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
steel has alot more carbon in it
2006-07-12 10:29:10 · answer #10 · answered by BigfnD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋