There are many different kinds of steel, depending on what is mixed with the iron that makes up most of it. Add some chromium and you get stainless steel; “ordinary” steel is just iron with some carbon mixed in – makes it harder.
Just iron melts at around 1500 degreed C; with carbon in it it may melt at a lower temperature – around 1300 degrees. I looked that up at http://education.jlab.org/qa/meltingpoint_01.html
There are many different kinds of steel, depending on what is mixed with the iron that makes up most of it. Add some chromium and you get stainless steel; “ordinary” steel is just iron with some carbon mixed in – makes it harder.
Just iron melts at around 1500 degreed C; with carbon in it it may melt at a lower temperature – around 1300 degrees. I looked that up at http://education.jlab.org/qa/meltingpoint_01.html
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=63308 says the boiling point is around 2750 degrees.
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I’ll defer to Peter on this one! 🙂
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I think that’s covered!
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