Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to its high elastic modulus, yield strength, fracture strength and low raw
Structural steel bars of different shapes used in construction
Steel cable of a colliery headframe
Iron ore pellets used in the production of steel
An incandescent steel workpiece in a blacksmith's art
Iron is a chemical element; it has symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element
A polished and chemically etched piece of an iron meteorite, believed to be similar in composition to the Earth's metallic core, showing individual crystals of the iron-nickel alloy (Widmanstatten pattern)
Banded iron formation in McKinley Park, Minnesota