Carbon steel, is although a very widely and commonly
used material, however many of the users of carbon steel don’t really know what
it is. According to the “American Iron and Steel Institute” the carbon steel is
described as: “Steel
is considered to be carbon steel when no minimum content is specified or
required for chromium, cobalt, niobium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten,
vanadium or zirconium, or any other element to be added to obtain a desired
alloying effect; when the specified minimum for copper does not exceed 0.40
percent; or when the maximum content specified for any of the following
elements does not exceed the percentages noted: manganese 1.65, silicon 0.60,
copper 0.60.”
These words are a little difficult to
understand because of their level of difficulty and complication, but when we
talk in rather simpler words, we describe carbon steel as an alloy in which
carbon is the main element which makes it alloy and gives it its strength.
Some of the different types of carbon steel are
listed as follows:
1.
Medium carbon steel.
2.
Mild carbon steel.
3.
Low carbon steel
4.
High carbon steel.
5.
Ultra-high carbon steel.
Some of the advantages the carbon steel has are
listed as follows:
1.
The strength of the carbon steel is one of the
main and most advantageous features of this material. Due to this compressive
strength, carbon steel can bear a lot of pressure.
2.
Carbon steel because of its strength and
advantageous characteristics is also able to resist shock as well as
vibrations. Hence when pipe lines are to be laid down near a road, through
which heavy traffic passes, carbon steel line pipes and carbon steel fittings are preferred because of its vibration resistant characteristic.
3.
This material is also very safe to use and easy
to handle.
4.
Moreover, the material is also very cost
effective, because of its strength as thinner pipes are used.
The use of these pipes include in homes and
transportation because of the very advantageous features of the material.
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