Re: Killed carbon steel

From: <Christopher>
Date: Wed Nov 21 2001 - 15:19:00 EST

>I heard today about Killed carbon steel, if any one
>knows about the meaning of that name please let me
>know.

Killed steel is deoxidized with aluminum or silicon so the oxygen doesn't react with the carbon when the molten steel solidifies.

Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant from <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=Depsptj2kxJeSHjn_zuxDsOmLjlT80diXQYS1jpD4mWFyWcECI5gfYVUmd8EM0Dv-X4UBSE2P9Dj0w">chrisw@skypoint.com</a> | this distance" (last words of Gen.

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