Question

How much is the carbon content (%) in high tensile steel?

1.

0.7 – 0.9%

2.

0.3 – 0.5%

3.

0.6 – 0.8%

4. 0.8 – 1.0%

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 :

0.6 – 0.8%

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, along with small amounts of other alloying elements or residual elements as well. The plain iron-carbon alloys (Steel) contain 0.002 - 2.1% by weight carbon. For most of the materials, it varies from 0.1-1.5%.

There are 3 types of plain carbon steel:

(i) Low-carbon steels: Carbon content in the range of < 0.3%

(ii) Medium carbon steels: Carbon content in the range of 0.3 – 0.6%.

(iii) High-carbon steels: Carbon content in the range of 0.6 – 0.8%.

Hence the carbon content (%) in high tensile steel is 0.6 – 0.8%.