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CARBON STEEL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("carbon steel" is a kind of...):

steel (an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carbon steel"):

drill rod; drill steel (carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels)

eutectoid steel (a steel that contains 0.9% carbon (the eutectic point); a carbon steel with 0.9% carbon is pure pearlite)

hyper-eutectoid steel (a steel that contains more than 0.9% carbon)

hypo-eutectoid steel (a steel that contains less that 0.9% carbon)

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