What are the elements combined with iron?

Answer 1

Cast iron is also known as grey iron. 95% of cast iron includes alloy material. Carbon and silicon are also in the composition of cast iron. Cast iron is used in cooking and engineering applications.

Answer 2

Steel is cast iron with some of the carbon taken out. When iron oxide is reduced to make cast iron, it has about 4% carbon in it. This makes it quite brittle. Steel is iron with between 0.2 and 2.1% carbon. It has higher tensile strength than cast iron, and is used to make big bridges.

Stainless steel is steel with 10.5-11%+ of chromium, and it doesn't rust or corrode, and it stains less than normal steel. However, it is quite expensive so mainly used for small items like cutlery.

Answer 3

Carbon is added to iron to form an alloy with greater strength. The modern process is called the Bessemer process. Other elements such as chromium, manganese, and vanadium can be added to produce useful steel alloys.

Answer 4

Carbon is added to iron to make it stronger, the end product is called "steel", you may have heard of it, nickel is added to steel to make stainless steel

Answer 5

Cast iron is a mixture of iron with various iron carbides and often simple carbon inclusions. It may also contain some other elements.

Answer 6

Non metals such as oxygen, sulfur, chlorine and bromine combine with iron in order to form compounds. And most of these show ionic character.

Answer 7

You need to mix with a kind of carbon.

Answer 8

Carbon