Cast ironvs. Steel was Prowler V6

Todd....!! atc347 at c-com.net
Mon Jun 7 22:23:08 GMT 1999


WOW, I'm 30 yrs old and always thought of it back a$$wards...

Must have somethin to do with growin up in a few small hick towns in
texas maybe?

Dunno!

Now I DO, thanks to ya'll...

Thanks for the correction and info!  NOW I know how ta make steel!

LATER!

Todd....

Greg Hermann wrote:
> 
> >
> >The BASIC FUNDAMENTAL difference 'tween Cast IRON and STEEL is that
> >Steel is merely cast iron with CARBON added to the molten Cast Iron....
> >
> >You stated the opposite, hopefully it was a type-o or the like?
> >
> 
> Nope--
> 
> Steel has from 0.02% carbon up maybe 1.00%
> 
> Cast iron has usually between 2.50% and 4.00% carbon.
> 
> The original (Bessemer) process for making steel out of pig iron actually
> BUR?NED the carbon out of the iron.
> 
> Greg





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