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With a percentage increase of carbon in steel, decreases its ________.
- AStrength
- BHardness
- CBrittleness
- DDuctility
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Ductility is the ability of material to deform under stress. With increase in carbon content the strength, hardness and brittleness increases but the ductility and toughness decreases.
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Increase in carbon content decreases it's ductility