Chinese cast iron appears, but it is…

477 BCE to 334 BCE

Chinese cast iron appears, but it is of poor quality.

The high phosphorus content of iron from their ore enables the Chinese to melt it––a process unduplicated by their western Eurasian contemporaries––but the castings are unsatisfactorily brittle.

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Qi (Shandong), (Chinese) state of View → Jin, (Chinese) state of View → Yan, (Chinese) state of View → Lu, (Chinese) state of View → Zheng, (Chinese) state of View → Qin, (Chinese) state of View → Chinese Kingdom, Zhou, or Chou, Eastern Dynasty View → Yue, (Chinese) state of View → Chu (Chinese state) View → Zhongshan, (Chinese) state of View → Han, Chinese state of View → Zhao, (Chinese) state of View → Wei (also Liang), (Chinese) state of View →

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Iron Age China View → Warring States Period in China View →

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Strategic metals View →

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Technology View → Metallurgy View →

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