(from the article `steel`) In order to convert wrought iron into steel—that is, increase the carbon content—a carburization process was used. Iron billets were heated with ...
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Blister-steel is iron bars which, when converted into steel, have their surface covered with blisters, probably from the expansion of minute bubbles of air. Steel is used in the blister state for welding to iron for certain pieces of mechanism, but is not employed for making edge-tools. It requires for this purpose to be converted into cast or shea...
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High-carbon steel produced by carburizing wrought iron. The bar, originally smooth, is covered with small blisters when removed from the cementation (carburizing) furnace.
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First type of steel that was commercially produced. Process took place in a Cementation Furnace and produced a bar that had a high carbon content on the surface and a low Carbon content in the centre. Process resulted in a blistered appearance to the bars, thus the name. Not much use in this form until processed into Crucible Steel or Shear Steel.
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steel produced from wrought iron by cementation in covered pots, having a blistered appearance because of the gases generated during the process.
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High-carbon steel produced by carburizing wrought iron. The bar, originally smooth, is covered with small blisters when removed from the cementation
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