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Record 1 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steel
DEF

A Japanese malleable iron containing only a small amount of carbon.

CONT

A remarkable characteristic of "hocho-tetsu" is high corrosion-resistance caused by the formation of [a thin] magnetite ... film on the surface of [the] steel. Although [it is] often heavily corroded on the surface, [its core contains] sound metallic iron that is free of oxide scaling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acier

Spanish

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