I think the compare/contrast is not with plain iron, but against stainless steel. When one is looking to buy a blade, one checks if it is carbon-steel or stainless-steel. - DloraH On Tue, 2017-04-25 at 16:22 +0100, Anthony Appleyard wrote:
There is more carbon in cast iron than there is in steel. See:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrought_iron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_iron ----Original message---- From : qurgh@wizage.net Date : 25/04/2017 - 15:21 (GMTST) To : tlhingan-hol@kli.org Subject : Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghav 'uSqan Steel is an alloy of iron and other elements, primarily carbon. Wikipedia says that the carbon can make up to 2.1% of the total weight of the steel. qurgh On Apr 25, 2017 10:07 AM, "Terrence Donnelly" <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net> wrote: This one confuses me, because I thought steel was iron from which most of the carbon has been removed. _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org