This alloy is generally used for "commercial quality" cold rolled steel sheet. It is an economical, general purpose steel grade offering moderate strength and toughness. As a standard grade, 1008 steel is used in many common, low-stress applications. Weldability (spot, projection, butt, and fusion) and brazeability are excellent. Applications include extruded, cold headed, cold upset, and cold pressed parts and forms. It has a very good surface finish that is far superior to hot rolled A36.
Steels containing mostly carbon as the alloying element are called carbon steels. They contain about 1.2% manganese and 0.4% silicon. Nickel, aluminium, chromium, copper and molybdenum are also present in small quantities in the carbon steels.
1008 carbon steel has excellent weldability, which includes projection, butt, spot and fusion, and brazeability.
