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Wootz steel is a
crucible steel characterized by a
pattern of
bands and high
carbon content.
These bands are
formed by
sheets of
microscopic carbides...
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carbon crucible steel of the
blades of
historical swords forged using the
wootz process in the Near East,
characterized by
distinctive patterns of banding...
- (Kaman-Kalehöyük)
which are
nearly 4,000
years old,
dating from 1800 BC.
Wootz steel was
developed in
Southern India and Sri
Lanka in the 1st millennium...
-
middle of the 1st
millennium BCE in
Southern India and Sri
Lanka using the
wootz process. In
ancient times, it was not
possible to
produce very high temperatures...
- fūlāḏ by the
Arabs (Arabic: فولاذ, romanized: fūlāḏ, lit. 'steel;
wootz') and
wootz by
later Europeans, was
exported throughout much of Asia and Europe...
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Genghis Khan.
Bulat steel is
generally agreed to be a
Russian name for
wootz steel, the
production method of
which has been lost for centuries, and the...
- navigators. The
famous damascus blades resulted from the
unique properties of
wootz crucible steel from
medieval south India and Sri Lanka.
There are several...
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wootz steel blade,
dated to the late 19th century, with a
cleft tip. The
curator comments that "fractures in the tip were not
uncommon in
early wootz...
- The
first crucible steel was the
wootz steel that
originated in
India before the
beginning of the
common era.
Wootz steel was
widely exported and traded...
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charcoal as fuel. By the 4th
century BC
southern India had
started exporting wootz steel, with a
carbon content between pig iron and
wrought iron, to ancient...
