carbon steel
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1. steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | steel, |
| definition | : | an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | drill rod, drill steel, |
| definition | : | carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | eutectoid steel, |
| definition | : | a steel that contains 0.9% carbon (the eutectic point); a carbon steel with 0.9% carbon is pure pearlite (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | hypo-eutectoid steel, |
| definition | : | a steel that contains less that 0.9% carbon (noun.substance) |
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