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Does stainless steel and carbon steel have the same density?

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If you add alloying elements such as tungsten, chrome or manganese to improve the steel, the density will change. So the long answer is that the density of steel can vary between 7.75 and 8.05."
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Steel is mostly composed of iron and carbon. It contains small amounts of manganese and even smaller amounts of silicon, phosphorous, oxygen, sulfur, and other elements.

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Density of Steel.

carbon steel - 7.86

stainless steel - 7.9

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