Wootz steel

Period

c. 300 BC

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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 within a tempered martensite or pearlite matrix in higher-carbon steel, or by ferrite and pearlite banding in lower-carbon steels. It was a pioneering steel alloy developed in southern India in the mid-1st millennium BC and exported globally.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. c. 300 BCWootz steelThis page
2. AD 477–495Building of the Sigiriya rock palace
3. c. AD 700Pallava monuments at Mahabalipuram
4. c. AD 800Adi Shankara and Advaita Vedanta

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