Carbon steel

Carbon steel (US) or non-alloy steel (Europe) is a steel with carbon content from about 0. 05 up to 2. 1 percent by weight.

The definition of carbon steel from the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) states:no minimum content is specified or required for chromium, cobalt, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, zirconium, or any other element to be added to obtain a desired alloying effect, or the specified minimum for copper does not exceed 0.
40%, or the maximum content specified for any of the following elements does not exceed the percentages noted: manganese 1.
65%, silicon 0.

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