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Information sources / recommended reading:
Bundesverband Deutscher Stahlhandel e.V (Hrsg.)
Stahllexikon - Eine Materialkunde für den Stahlhandel, die Stahlproduktion und die Stahlverarbeitung
1996, 25. Auflage, Verlag Stahleisen GmbH, Düsseldorf
Rudolf Wolff & Co Ltd (Hrsg.)
Wolff's Guide to the London Metal Exchange, 5th edition
1995, Metal Bulletin Books Ltd.
Verein Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute (Hrsg.)
Stahlfibel
1989, Verlag Stahleisen GmbH, Düsseldorf (Neuauflage in Vorbereitung)
Iron
Chemical element Fe, density 7.85 g/cm3 (heavy metal). As a metal, softer and more pliable than steel. It conducts electricity and heat better and is more corrosion resistant. Chemically pure Fe is only found naturally as meteor iron, otherwise only in connection with other elements, mainly as an oxide or carbonate. Technically pure Fe is only used for special tasks. According to European standards pig and cast iron are iron alloys with a C content of more than 2 %.
ISO
Short for the International Organisation for Standardisation, an institute which coordinates all standards. The aim of ISO is to promote standardisation worldwide, to aid the exchange of goods and services, and to develop the mutual cooperation of the various technical sectors. ISO works on ISO-Standards, which should not be modified in any way by its member states. In Germany these are called DIN ISO-Standards.
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