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Korea Iron & Steel Association                     Chapter 2●Take One: What is the origin of iron?

                                                                                                                                                              Pop quiz!
                                      The key to steelmaking is the                                                                                         Which kingdom
                                      heat inside the furnace. The                                                                                        occupied the largest
                                       higher the temperature, the                                                                                             territory
                                       better the quality of steel.                                                                                        in Korean history?
                                                                                                                                                                                     Goguryeo!









                                                           The Hittites did not share
                                                      their knowhow with other countries;
                                                         instead, they only traded the                                                                                            Oops, you beat
           Because steel was so difficult to                  finished products.                                                                                                     me to it.
          make, it was sold at five times the
           price of gold, and at about forty
            times that of silver. It was very
                     valuable.
                                                                                                                                                                                               (Ta-da)
                                                        If you sell one spoon,                                              Correct! Owing to their excellent                                  (Ta-da)
                                                          you get five gold                                                steelmaking knowhow, Goguryeo
                                                                                                                               was able to conquer the
                                                                       …
                                                             nuggets ?                                                       Manchus who were invading
                                                                                                                                   from the north.



                                                                                                                                                             The Goguryeo Gaema        Like ‘Ir** Man’ from
                                                                                                                                                             Warriors were particularly   the Goguryeo era ?
                                                                                                                                                                                                     …
                                                                                                                                                             feared.




               When the Empire collapsed, the Hittite      Did it come to
             people dispersed around the world, taking      Korea, too?
              with them the steelmaking knowhow to                                                                                The metal structure and
                    the East and to the West.                                                                                     property of steel varies
                                                                                                                                  widely depending on
                                                                                                                                  its carbon content. The
                                                                                                                                  baseline carbon
                                                                                                                                  ratio is 1.7%. The carbon
                                                                         Yes, it came                                             content in Goguryeo
                                                                        through China.                                            arrows was 0.51%, which
                                                                                                                                  is similar to modern day
                                                                                                                                                                                              ent 0
                                                                                                                                                                                                     .
                                                                                                                                                                                                      51
                                                                                                                                                                                                         %
                                                                                                                                                                             C
                                                                                                                                                                               arbon cont
                                                                                                                                  professional-grade steel!                  Carbon content 0.51%
            Tidbit           Before steelmaking technology was developed, steel was considered a ’divine gift,’ being traded at   Tidbit      Goguryeo’s Gaema Warriors were a cavalry corps whose horses and soldiers were equally dressed in
                             five times the price of gold in northern Mesopotamia and Syria.                                                  armor. They symbolized military might and fine steelmaking technology.


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