Carbon steel, the most widely used engineering material, accounts for approximately 85% of the annual steel production worldwide. Carbon steel is common or ordinary steel as contrasted with special or alloy steels, which contain other alloying metals in addition to the usual constituents of steel in their common percentages.

The tubes and pipes made of carbon steel imbibes its properties like ultimate tensile strength, yield strength and hardness. Despite its relatively limited corrosion resistance, carbon steel pipes and tubes are used in marine applications, nuclear power and fossil fuel power plants, transportation, petroleum plants and construction.