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minus-squarelabsin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 years agoPure aluminium is only used when you need to have very little reactivity. General construction steel has >98% weight iron. Around the same as most aluminium alloys.
minus-squaresparkle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoReally now? I thought most steel had way more carbon & chromium/nickel/manganese than that. I guess I underestimate how little is needed to make iron no longer mushy.
Pure aluminium is only used when you need to have very little reactivity.
General construction steel has >98% weight iron. Around the same as most aluminium alloys.
Really now? I thought most steel had way more carbon & chromium/nickel/manganese than that. I guess I underestimate how little is needed to make iron no longer mushy.