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iron melts at 2750°F, steel at 2500°F
It's down to definitions. See the iron-carbon phase diagram: the line to worry about is the one separating the regions saying liquid or +liquid from everything else.
It's only pure iron that melts around 2750°F. But we're talking about cast iron, which typically has 2%-3.5% carbon, radically lowering the melting point. At 4.2% carbon, the whole lot melts at once at 2100°F, but all compositions of cast iron start getting soggy at this temperature).
In comparison, structural steels are typically carbon steel in the 'mild steel' range: 0.1%-0.25% carbon. A melting point of 2500°F and upward would be typical. Tearlach 17:43, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
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iron melts at 2750°F, steel at 2500°F
It's down to definitions. See the iron-carbon phase diagram: the line to worry about is the one separating the regions saying liquid or +liquid from everything else.
It's only pure iron that melts around 2750°F. But we're talking about cast iron, which typically has 2%-3.5% carbon, radically lowering the melting point. At 4.2% carbon, the whole lot melts at once at 2100°F, but all compositions of cast iron start getting soggy at this temperature).
In comparison, structural steels are typically carbon steel in the 'mild steel' range: 0.1%-0.25% carbon. A melting point of 2500°F and upward would be typical. Tearlach 17:43, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
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