• Jamablaya@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    cast iron is basically steel, but has it’s own name because it’s brittle. roughly between half a percent to 3 percent carbon (among other things) is the base of many steels. “cast iron” is about 4 percent carbon and pretty much no ductility