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carbon steels

carbon steels is the plural of carbon steel.

Meaning of carbon steel

Noun

carbon steel (countable and uncountable, plural carbon steels)

  1. Any of a range of alloys of iron and carbon whose properties depend on the proportion of carbon.
    • All springs for the engine and tender are of the laminated type with plates of carbon steel, which are secured in the spring buckles by a vertical centre rivet.1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186

Questions about carbon steels

What is carbon steels the plural of?
Carbon steels is the plural of carbon steel.

Words near carbon steels in the dictionary

  1. carbon sink
  2. carbon sinks
  3. carbon star
  4. carbon stars
  5. carbon steel
  6. carbon steels
  7. carbon subnitride
  8. carbon suboxide
  9. carbon tablet
  10. carbon tablets
  11. carbon tax

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