carbon steel

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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

Type of:

steel

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