low-carbon steel

noun

1. engineering steel containing between 0.04 and 0.25 per cent carbon

Example Sentences

A low carbon steel, for example, may contain less carbon than a given sample of wrought iron.

From Project Gutenberg

If melted, it would lose its fibrous structure and be changed into a low carbon steel.

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The welding rod may be of mild, low carbon steel or of Norway iron.

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Low-carbon steel might thus be converted into high-carbon steel, but this is not customary.

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