Iron in Ancient India c7.s5.12

c7.s5.12

Professor Henri Le Chatelier was also struck by the almost complete absence, both of manganese and of carbon, which always occurred in noteworthy proportions in steels made by melting processes and also by the relatively high percentage of phosphorus. He also suggested that it was perhaps to the concurrence of these three factors that the exceptional durability of ancient Hindoo irons was to be attributed.¹