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  2. Free Nelson Mandela (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    The top portion is a 12 feet high fence of iron bars radiating from the rock and topped with barbed wire. In the fence is a working gate, which was padlocked shut while Mandela was imprisoned. After Mandela's release in 1990, the padlock was unlocked with the key which had been left with Atlanta city officials by the artist. The gate has ...

  3. Reinforcement in concrete 3D printing - Wikipedia

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    Examples of active and passive reinforcement in 3D printed concrete are reinforcement bars and post-tensioning cables used to prestress segmental elements, respectively. The majority of the reinforcement in concrete has conventionally been steel and continues to be even in 3D printed concrete.

  4. British Iron Bar currency - Wikipedia

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    The bars generally weigh between 0.5 and 0.3 kg [2] Spit shaped bars are the most commonly found representing half of all finds. [3] Sword shaped bars make up another 40 percent. [3] Iron currency bars have been found in some numbers in hill-forts With 27 being found at Hod Hill. [4] [5] The bars found at Danebury appear to have been into the ...

  5. Ironstone - Wikipedia

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    Ironstone (sandstone with iron oxides) from the Mississippian Breathitt Formation, Mile Marker 166, I-64, Kentucky. Ironstone is a sedimentary rock, either deposited directly as a ferruginous sediment or created by chemical replacement, that contains a substantial proportion of an iron ore compound from which iron (Fe) can be smelted commercially.

  6. Metal - Wikipedia

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    Their respective densities of 1.7, 2.7, and 4.5 g/cm 3 can be compared to those of the older structural metals, like iron at 7.9 and copper at 8.9 g/cm 3. The most common lightweight metals are aluminium [12] [13] and magnesium [14] [15] alloys. Schematic appearance of round metal bars after tensile testing. (a) Brittle fracture (b) Ductile ...

  7. Structural steel - Wikipedia

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    Pure Iron ('Steel' with 0% Carbon) starts to melt at 1,492 °C (2,718 °F), and is completely liquid upon reaching 1,539 °C (2,802 °F). Steel with 2.1% Carbon by weight begins melting at 1,130 °C (2,070 °F), and is completely molten upon reaching 1,315 °C (2,399 °F).

  8. Puddling (metallurgy) - Wikipedia

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    The best yield of iron achievable from dry puddling is one ton of iron from 1.3 tons of pig iron (a yield of 77%), but the yield from wet puddling was nearly 100%. The production of mild steel in the puddling furnace was achieved circa 1850 [ citation needed ] in Westphalia , Germany and was patented in Great Britain on behalf of Lohage, Bremme ...

  9. Wrought iron - Wikipedia

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    Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%). It is a semi-fused mass of iron with fibrous slag inclusions (up to 2% by weight), which give it a wood-like "grain" that is visible when it is etched, rusted, or bent to failure.