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A form of steel with a very high concentration of carbon (approximately 10%).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- Proto-Indo-European *kerh3-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English ferrocarbon From ferro- + carbon.
