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<blank" >target="_blank" >figure class="wp-block-image size-large">Any of various iron-based alloys having a carbon content less than that of glossary/cast-iron/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="cfba752128a7d7c79888bce1acdf2955" target="_blank" >cast iron and more than that of wrought-iron/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="0b6f94855880f75d5a4ef035c7308147" target="_blank" >wrought iron, and having qualities of strength, hardness, and elasticity varying according to composition and heat-treatment/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1887ea5da2620c78e430a623ea46eaf2" target="_blank" >heat treatment. Photo from Metuchen, New Jersey, 2022. (Ching, 1995)
