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German steel

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(Metal.) a metal made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel.

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However I had a letter printed in the Gazette when the Riverside was being built asking why German steel was being used instead of local steel?
German steel giant ThyssenKrupp posted slightly better-than-expected annual results on Friday but said it could not give a forecast for the current year due to the economic crisis.
If wrought iron has been employed, the finished bars will be found covered with blisters formed by the reaction between the contained slag and the carbon, from which comes the name blister bar or blister steel; at one time this was sometimes termed German steel.
 
 
 
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