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'''Steel''' is the name of an alloy created by adding an amount of up to 2 % carbon to iron.

'''Steel''' is the name of an alloy created by adding an amount of up to 2 % carbon to iron.

Modern steels often include other metals such as [[chromium]], [[molybdenum]] and [[nickel]]. Historically smiths have often accidentally created steel by forging iron with the correct carbon content, but the large scale manufacture of steel is a relatively new industry. Many famous structures such as the [[Eiffel Tower]] and [[Golden Gate Bridge]] are made of iron, as steel was too expensive to produce in large quantities. Large scale manufacturing of steel came about through [[industrial revolution|industrialization]] and the rise of [[corporation]]s, especially that of [[Andrew Carnegie]], allowing large industry to operate efficiently.

Modern steels include other metals such as [[chromium]], [[molybdenum]] [[nickel]], [[manganese]] and [[phosphorous]]. Because even small amounts of these elements can have a dramatic impact on the propertoes of the steel, when buisnesses ask for steel to be made they must provide the exact percentages of how much of each element is required. Historically smiths have often accidentally created steel by forging iron with the correct carbon content, but the large scale manufacture of steel is a relatively new industry. Many famous structures such as the [[Eiffel Tower]] and [[Golden Gate Bridge]] are made of iron, as steel was too expensive to produce in large quantities. Large scale manufacturing of steel came about through [[industrial revolution|industrialization]] and the rise of [[corporation]]s, especially that of [[Andrew Carnegie]], allowing large industry to operate efficiently.

Steel has allowed great advances in the modern world due to its higher strength for low cost compared to iron. Many world-changing inventions such as the [[internal combustion]] engine would have been impractical without it, as engineers were able to build intricate parts with high strength and a wide range of working temperatures.

Steel has allowed great advances in the modern world due to its higher strength for low cost compared to iron. Many world-changing inventions such as the [[internal combustion]] engine would have been impractical without it, as engineers were able to build intricate parts with high strength and a wide range of working temperatures.