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Can a diamond dissolve in molten iron?

The melting point of diamond is 4000C and the melting point of iron is 1538C. However, the question is if a diamond is soluble in an iron solvent. Diamond is made up of carbons. And I know steel is ...
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How can steel be so different from iron, even if amount of carbon is small?

Perhaps I am too naive, but I am having a hard time visualizing how even 'high-carbon' iron and steel alloys are maybe, at most, about four percent carbon by mass, which still means only one (smaller) ...
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