World's First Carbon-Free Steel Is Ready To Save The Planet: Here's How

A Swedish company recently created the world's first carbon-free steel, to answer climate change-driven crisis currently unfolding across the globe. You read that right, we're talking about the world's greenest steel ever produced!

Created by HYBRIT, a Swedish steel conglomerate, the world's first "fossil-free" steel runs on zero carbon, most of which is responsible for causing changes in climate.??

First object made from the carbon-free steel | SSAB

What is "green steel"?

HYBRIT is a partnership between SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall.As part of a test run, the steel was sold to Volvo.?

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Even though the steel will have to withstand pressure and undergo extreme testing before being used, the company hopes to scale up production of cars made using this material by the year 2026, Gizmodo reported.?

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Martin Lindqvist, president and CEO of SSAB in a statement said that they hope their achievement would inspire others to "speed up the green transition" while adding how the creation of the steel highlights how a transition is possible to reduce the global carbon footprint.?

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How is carbon-free steel different??

In usual circumstances, steel is loaded with carbon and in fact is responsible for seven to nine per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions on Earth, as claimed by a study published in Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering.?

Steel is considered an important component of almost all objects. With "green steel", emissions may be cut down significantly.?

But as is true for all science feats, this one would also need to find acceptance within the industry.Traditional steel is created using two ingredients - iron ore and carbon.?

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The former comes loaded with carbon while the ore is melted in a blast furnace with help from coking oil - a fuel running high on carbon.?

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Then, it undergoes a process wherein the iron is melted and oxygen is blown through it. It's after this that green steel comes up!?

HYBRIT is aimed at making the process environmentally sound. To this end, it hopes to replace coking oil with hydrogen and renewable electricity.?

If successful in its testing phase with Volvo, the new steel could become the most acceptable form of steel, for climate change is waiting for no one.?