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Wrought iron is an Iron alloy with very low carbon content, in comparison to steel, and has fibrous inclusions, known as slag. This is what gives it a grain resembling wood. So named because it is worked from a "bloom" (to convert an ingot of iron or steel into a bloom (of porous iron mixed with slag and other impurities). The word "wrought" is an archaic past tense of the verb to work. As irregular past-tense forms in English have historically been phased out over long periods of time, wrought became worked. Wrought iron literally means worked iron.
- Round Bar 1/4" to 2" Diameter
- Square Bar 3/8" to 2"
- Flat Bar 1/4" to 3"
- Puddled Plate 3/32" - 1/2"
When consumers look for wrought iron goods they may also refer to them as rod iron or rot iron. The term also could mean the consumer is looking for one of three different possibilities: actual wrought iron items, hand forged items, or simply the "look" of wrought iron that is now in mass production with its cost not reflecting traditional time workmanship. Even though the official term is wrought iron, the other variations have become commonplace.
Wrought iron has been used for thousands of years, and represents the "iron" that is referred to throughout western history. Wrought iron has been almost totally replaced by mild steel. It is not produced at all today for commercial use, although there remains a few very selective specialty companies that reprocess scrap, antique wrought iron into stock for commercial sale with a proportionate price. It was used when a tough material was required, in applications such as rivets, chains, railway couplings, water and steam pipes, raw material for manufacturing of steel, bolts and nuts, horse shoe bars, handrails, straps for timber roof trusses, boiler tubes andthrough out the ship building industry. References relating to wrought iron may occasionally still be found in engineering literature.
Ornamental ironwork utilizes the great malleability of wrought iron, and is still often referred to as "wrought iron work" even though today it is more likely to be made from mild steel that once lived as a BMW, Chevy or other.