Help with Low Carbon Iron

[rukiddingme]

Hi all,

I have spent the last few days trying to find a bar of low carbon iron. Sigh, I have been unable to find it.

Wikipedia says that original wrought iron had less than .01% carbon content, but everything I see has about 3%.

Has anyone come across a metal supplier that stocks low carbon iron of the .01% type in the USA?

I need at least a 18" bar with about a 1/2" diameter.

Don't give up!

Thanks in Advance.

[cletushowell]

well I dont know what your trying to build but It sounds like the black frequency of carbon is messing you up
so you can neutralize the carbon by adding oxygen or you can understand the color of black is created by
equalizing the frequency so remove part of the frequency that is the carbon and then you still have carbon but not the frequency so its probly not going to effect your product maybee this helps. probly to complicated

[CompuTutor]

Wil a 1/4% do ?

http://www.matweb.com/search/datasheettext.aspx?matguid=383ea2d3274d40f2b2e7f36c94252cf1

Which continent are you currently on please?

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=122017&page=18

[tak22]

Maybe you just want a good core material? Alloys can be very good, for example:

http://www.edfagan.com/2006/product-literature/soft-magnetic-alloys/?phpMyAdmin=-V48c5M5z-yvn8fbsrAZ1CvteG0

Here's a listing of low carbon steels:

http://www.efunda.com/materials/alloys/carbon_steels/low_carbon.cfm

tak

[rukiddingme]

@ CompuTutor

Dura-Bar was one of the first places I looked. I'm not sure where you found .25% carbon for this. Here's the spec sheet for it:

http://www.dura-bar.com/products/65-45-12b.cfm

As you see, it lists 3.5-3.9% for carbon.

The page you linked to says:

"The mechanical properties of 65-45-12 will be similar to low carbon steels that contain up to 0.25% carbon including 1010, 1018, 11L17, 12L14 and 1020."

I think "mechanical properties" and "similar" are not really the carbon content of the material.

Here's the quote from wikipedia:

"Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content, in comparison to steel, and has fibrous inclusions, known as slag. This is what gives it a "grain" resembling wood, which is visible when it is etched or bent to the point of failure. Wrought iron is tough, malleable, ductile and easily welded. Historically, it was known as "commercially pure iron",[1][2]  however it no longer qualifies because current standards for commercially pure iron require a carbon content of less than 0.008 wt%.[3][4]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrought_iron

I'm sure you see my confusion about finding real iron.

The other URL you posted seems to say there isn't much difference between low carbon steel and iron, but it is also true that iron would be better.

Thanks