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Iron is a metal having 2 electrons in outer orbit. They move freely across the entire piece of metal, like a 'gas' of electrons moving in metal. If we add carbon to it, witch has 4 electrons in it's outer orbit, witch does not want to give 4 electrons as then it will become highly electropositive and if takes 4 electrons, then it will become highly electronegative to have 8 electrons in outer orbit.. So it will resist flow of electrons across the metal freely, making it HARDER. It will be interesting to see what happens to Iron by addition of silicon or germanium, witch also have 4 electrons in outer orbit.
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What is P91 material?
p-91 is an alloy. carbon is added to iron to make carbon steel. From carbon steel, chrome ( or other metals, but in this case chrome) is added to make an alloy steel. I believe p-91 is has 9.25% chrome.
What is the strongest steel alloy and what is its composition?
Titanium Steel is the strongest.
What does the word steel mean in science?
Steel is an alloy of iron. an alloy is a mixture of a metal with one or few other elements in it. there are many types of steel; high carbon steel (approx. 2.1% carbon, the rest iron), low carbon steel (approx. 1% carbon, the rest iron), and stainless steel (73% iron, 18% chromium, 8% nickel and 1% carbon) and etc.
An alloy that contains mainly iron and carbon is?
milling tool
Steel is made by mixing iron with carbon or concrete?
Steel is made by mixing iron with carbon. The iron is melted with intense heat and then mixed with carbon. It can them be molded into knives, tools, or many other common things.
