• nBodyProblem@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    What do you think carbon steel is made from?

    Cast iron and steel are largely similar materials, cast iron just has the carbon precipitated out of solution instead of trapped in a crystalline structure

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      5 hours ago

      But we’re talking specifically about cast iron. We’re not talking about carbon steel at all, hence my confusion on why it was brought up in this comment chain