carbon steel
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- noun
- /ˈkɑrbən stiːl/
- Specialized
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acero al carbono
- However, it's become rarer to find knives made of carbon steel, most likely because they require more care.
- carbon steel or stainless
Wooden spoons, clay pots, carbon steel knives.
- Wooden spoons, clay pots, carbon steel knives.
Examples
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The vaporizer is an all-welded 300-lb. carbon steel tank.
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Many professional chefs prefer knives made of carbon steel because it holds a sharp edge effectively.
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Major materials used for their construction include carbon steel and stainless steel.
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On the next slide, you can actually see this is what medium to high carbon steel tends to look like.
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Knives come with either carbon steel blades or stainless steel.
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Aside from reacting with certain acidic ingredients, carbon steel will rust if left wet.
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The brine heat exchangers are typically shell-and-tube units fabricated from carbon steel.
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For purposes of fatigue analysis, the wheelchair frames were assumed to be made of cold-drawn 1010 carbon steel, or equivalent.
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Outside the insulating layers is a high-tensile-strength 1/2-inch-thick carbon steel wall designed to protect the cryogenic tank from side impacts and shock.
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It combines a strong base composed of carbon steel or alloy plates with a hard overlay welded chromium carbide protective layer.
Academic text (2003)
Antonyms
How Hard
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'carbon' (the chemical element) + 'steel' (an iron alloy), indicating a type of steel characterized by its carbon content. This noun-noun compound follows a common compositional pattern and, despite some technicality, is predictable and readily understood by learners who know both constituent words.
Etymology
Carbon steel comes from the simple idea of adding carbon to steel to change the metal. Adding a little carbon makes the metal more 'hard' and 'strong', so carbon steel means the kind of steel used for 'tools' and blades.