Iron+&+steel

IRON AND STEEL

Iron Properties: 
 * Type:** Cast Iron.
 * Ingredients:** Iron with lots of carbon.



**Pros and Cons:**

+ Molds to any shapes, STRONG IN COMPRESSION. - Breaks without warning, WEAKER THAN STEEL IN TENSION. Steel Properties 
 * Type:** High-strength steel.
 * Ingredients:** Iron With a touch of carbon.




 * Pros and Cons:**

+ One of strongest materials used in construction, strong in compression and tension. - Rusts, loses strength in extremely high temperatures. **STEEL IS STRONGER THAN ANY OTHER MATERIAL IN COMPRESION AND IN TENSION.**



// "the old cast iron buildings died out. I'm not really sure wheter the new skyscrapers killed them, or the new sthetics" // This quotation refers to the replacement of Iron by steel. The old iron buildings were in the past, and were replaced by steel, which offers new perspectives. The new esthetic is given by the steel properties increasing the chances of more risky and tough news design. I don’t believe a kill material to another or a decade or an esthetic “killed” to another, just a question of that humanity advanced, existing news discoveries and news frontiers. 

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 Corrugated Iron (CGI) Australia. 

 Corrugated Iron is a galvanized sheet with shaped in parallel furrows, is very light, strong, easily transportable and corrosion resistant. I widely used in sheds and deposits construction, and in E.E.U.U. is widely used in rural areas  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">