Introduction to Iron and Steel
Pig iron: Raw iron, the immediate product of smelting iron ore with coke and limestone in a blast furnace. Pig iron has a very high carbon content, typically 45%, which makes it very brittle and not very useful directly as a material. A Selection of Mechanical Properties (from Gordon (1979)) Wrought iron 20,000 to 40,000 10,000 to 40,000 and ...