carbon steel

/ˌkɑrbən stil/

Other forms: carbon steels

Definitions of carbon steel

1. noun

   steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
   types:

   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