Question

Why was wootz steel so unique and prized

Answer 1

tipu's legendary swords are not part of valuable collections in the museum in England the sword had an incredible hard and sharp edge that could easily read through the opponents armour this quality of sword came from a special type of high carbon steel call Wootz which was produced all over South India wootz Steel when made into sword produce a very sharp edge with a flowing water pattern this pattern came from a very small carbon crystal embedded in the iron wootz steel was produced in many hundreds of melting furnaces in Mysore in these finances iron was mixed with charcoal and put inside small clay pots true and in cricket control of temperature is the smelters produce Steel ingots that were used for sword making not just in India but in West and Central Asia too. wootz is anglicised version of the Kannada word ukku. Indian wootz steel fascinated European scientist Michael Faraday the legendary scientist and discoverer of electricity and electromagnetism spent 4 years studying the properties of Indian wootz . production of wootz Steel required a highly specialised technique of refining iron that's why it was very costly

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