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Old 10-03-2020, 06:00 AM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that all iron that was smelted had carbon in it at pretty high percentages. As Tai mentioned, not sure if they bothered to "measure" the amount at first, but just part of the smelting process due to the early methodology used. The addition of sand (silica) is what turned it into steel. Most iron found today whether wrought or cast, has a very high carbon content compared to most steels.
Like I said correct me if I'm wrong, I surely wasn't around when they got the wild hair to start smelting raw metal ore.


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