'Mild steel' vs. 'unhardened steel'

09:33 Mar 19, 2008
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English to Danish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting
English term or phrase: 'Mild steel' vs. 'unhardened steel'
Are these terms synonyms? I am not too much of a technician, but my gut feeling (in particular after reading this article on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mild_steel) tells me that they are not - or at least not necessarily.

There is no usable context other than the body bones being compared to 'mild steel'.

We want to translate 'mild steel' with 'blødt stål' (mild steel), but the client wants to change to 'uhærdet stål' (unhardened steel).
Peter Adolph
Local time: 23:42


Summary of answers provided
3'blødt stål'/'smedestål' vs. 'uhærdet stål'
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'mild steel' vs. 'unhardened steel'
'blødt stål'/'smedestål' vs. 'uhærdet stål'


Explanation:
- iflg L&H.
Såvidt jeg indirekte kan læse ud af dit link, kan 'uhærdet stål' være alle typer stål {mht. kulstofindhold}, mens 'blødt stål' har det laveste kulstolfindhold. Håber, det hjælper ...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-03-19 12:54:43 GMT)
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http://www.es-c.dk/tu/undervis/0112html/pdf/slib02.pdf
I dette link finder du nederst på første side {side 6} 'uhærdede kulstofstål', og det er IKKE blødt stål.

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Asker: Hej Netlynx Jeg tror, jeg nåede at finde svaret andetsteds og lukkede spørgsmålet, mens du svarede. Jeg har kigget på dit link, og det bekræfter det svar, jeg fik andetsteds. Tak for hjælpen! Peter

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