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A Japanese sword maker heats a mixture of iron and charcoal. He repeatedly heats, folds, and flattens the mixture more than a
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He is making an ionic compound and removing impurities

Because folding remove impurities and even out the carbon content ,while repeatedly heating and flatting create ionic compound which enhance it's toughness

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