PRODUCT SIZE
75x40x4000 m
75x50x2750mm
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GEOLOGICAL PERIOD
Proterozoic & Archean Eons
540 MYA - 4 BYA
COMPOSITION
Steel from iron ore and coal
Coated with zinc
75x40x4000 m
75x50x2750mm
GEOLOGICAL PERIOD
Proterozoic & Archean Eons
540 MYA - 4 BYA
COMPOSITION
Steel from iron ore and coal
Coated with zinc
GEOLOGICAL BIO
The making of steel out of iron relies on the presence of oxygen and the use of a type of coal known as coke to melt the ore at 1700°C. While iron has been present within the earth since the planet’s origins, coal began forming only 2 billion years later, after the Great Oxygenation event that occurred in the Neoarchean Era, caused by the photosynthesis-induced saturation of the earth’s atmosphere with dioxygen. By contrast, the hundred-year material lifespan of a steel stud seems like the blink of an eye.
EXTRACTION / MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Pour molten steel into slabs ︎︎︎ reduce to thinner strips ("hot band") ︎︎︎ reduce hot band to "cold rolled steel" ︎︎︎ add protective coating in galvanization process ︎︎︎ final product = coil ︎︎︎ slit coils into widths (on a machine) to desired final dimensions ︎︎︎ form into different shapes through series of dies
The making of steel out of iron relies on the presence of oxygen and the use of a type of coal known as coke to melt the ore at 1700°C. While iron has been present within the earth since the planet’s origins, coal began forming only 2 billion years later, after the Great Oxygenation event that occurred in the Neoarchean Era, caused by the photosynthesis-induced saturation of the earth’s atmosphere with dioxygen. By contrast, the hundred-year material lifespan of a steel stud seems like the blink of an eye.
EXTRACTION / MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Pour molten steel into slabs ︎︎︎ reduce to thinner strips ("hot band") ︎︎︎ reduce hot band to "cold rolled steel" ︎︎︎ add protective coating in galvanization process ︎︎︎ final product = coil ︎︎︎ slit coils into widths (on a machine) to desired final dimensions ︎︎︎ form into different shapes through series of dies