carbon steel

English

Noun

carbon steel (countable and uncountable, plural carbon steels)

1. Any of a range of alloys of iron and carbon whose properties depend on the proportion of carbon.
   • 1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186:

     All springs for the engine and tender are of the laminated type with plates of carbon steel, which are secured in the spring buckles by a vertical centre rivet.

Translations

alloy of iron and carbon

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 碳鋼／碳钢 (taan³ gong³)

  Mandarin: 碳鋼／碳钢 (tàngāng)

• Finnish: hiiliteräs (fi)
• French: acier au carbone m
• German: Karbonstahl m, Carbonstahl m, C-Stahl m, Kohlenstoffstahl m
• Irish: cruach charbóin f
• Italian: acciaio al carbonio ?
• Maori: maitai waronui
• Portuguese: aço carbono m
• Spanish: acero al carbón ?

See also

• mild steel

Anagrams

• Eastern Bloc