Super strong steel! Iron meets Carbon
Adding a tiny bit of carbon to melted iron makes steel. The small carbon atoms get in the way when iron atoms try to slide, making it much stronger.
The result
- What you get
- Steel (iron with a little carbon)
- When it happens
- When melted together
Fun fact from Fizzy: Most steel is less than 2 parts carbon for every 100 parts iron!
🥽 Melted metal is dangerously hot. Only experts melt metals, in special furnaces.