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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...
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    fūlāḏ by the Arabs (Arabic: فولاذ, romanized: fūlāḏ, lit. 'steel; wootz') and wootz by later Europeans, was exported throughout much of Asia and Europe...
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    carbon crucible steel of the blades of historical swords forged using the wootz process in the Near East, characterized by distinctive patterns of banding...
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    (Kaman-Kalehöyük) which are nearly 4,000 years old, dating from 1800 BC. Wootz steel was developed in Southern India and Sri Lanka in the 1st millennium...
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    Genghis Khan. Bulat steel is generally agreed to be a Russian name for wootz steel, the production method of which has been lost for centuries, and the...
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    navigators. The famous damascus blades resulted from the unique properties of wootz crucible steel from medieval south India and Sri Lanka. There are several...
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    wootz steel blade, dated to the late 19th century, with a cleft tip. The curator comments that "fractures in the tip were not uncommon in early wootz...
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    middle of the 1st millennium BCE in Southern India and Sri Lanka using the wootz process. In ancient times, it was not possible to produce very high temperatures...
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    The first crucible steel was the wootz steel that originated in India before the beginning of the common era. Wootz steel was widely exported and traded...
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    charcoal as fuel. By the 4th century BC southern India had started exporting wootz steel, with a carbon content between pig iron and wrought iron, to ancient...
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    ancient India to other parts of the world along with Indian spices and Wootz steel. Traditional Indian clothing greatly varies across different parts...
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    of the older Persian shamshir blades are made from high quality crucible wootz steel and are noted for the fine "watering" on the blades. Although the...
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    (approximate date). The Yayoi period ends in Ancient Japan (approximate date). Wootz steel is developed in India (approximate date). The Kama Sutra, an Indian...
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    yellow matrix covered with green glass. Wootz originated in the region before the beginning of the common era. Wootz was exported and traded throughout Europe...
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    Nizams attracted artisans from the region to Hyderabad. Such crafts include: Wootz steel, Filigree work, Bidriware, a metalwork handicraft from neighbouring...
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    valari (boomerang), chakaram (discus) and theepandam (flaming baton). Wootz steel used to make weapons, originated in the mid-1st millennium BCE in...
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  • Matrix brand. In August 2023, the firm led a $3.5 million seed round for Wootz.work global sourcing platform for custom engineering equipment and solutions...
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    Nadu Main Tamiḻakam Chronology of Tamil history List of Tamil monarchs Wootz steel Maritime contacts Sangam period Sources Three Crowned Kings Education...
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    steel Damascus steel Japanese swordsmithing Katana Noric steel Toledo steel Wootz steel "Japanese-English translation :: hagane :: Dictionary". Kanjijapanese...
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    makes detection difficult without repolishing. During the Middle Ages, Wootz steel was produced in India and exported globally, including to Europe....
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  • steel ('Cor-ten') (silicon, manganese, chromium, copper, vanadium, nickel) Wootz steel Molybdochalkos (copper) Solder (tin) Terne (tin) Type metal (tin,...
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  • the 10th century BCE for mass production of polished stone beads. Wootz steel – Wootz steel is an ultra-high carbon steel and the first form of crucible...
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    with carbon to produce steel. The first examples of cementation steel are wootz steel from India, where the crucibles were filled with good quality low-carbon...
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    Nb3Ti. It has been found that a small amount, 40 to 270 ppm, of vanadium in Wootz steel significantly improved the strength of the product, and gave it the...
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    properties. Historically, this plant was burnt as fuel in the production of Wootz steel. Botanical Name : Memecylon umbellatum English : Ironwood Sinhala :...
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    often with a metal pommel sheathing). The finest mechanical Damascus and wootz steel were often used in making of these swords. In the classical period...
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  • extremely different chemical compositions.[citation needed] Damascus steel Wootz steel Noric steel Bulat steel Tamahagane steel "History of Swords from Toledo"...
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    Nadu Main Tamiḻakam Chronology of Tamil history List of Tamil monarchs Wootz steel Maritime contacts Sangam period Sources Three Crowned Kings Education...
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    practice in India during the Middle Ages. A special type of steel known as Wootz or Damascus steel was often used in South Asia. The term Damascus steel...
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  • Tène culture History of ferrous metallurgy Toledo steel Damascus steel Wootz steel Bulat steel Tamahagane steel Crucible steel "...harder than iron tempered...
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