spring steel
Flexible tempered metal
Spring steel is a type of steel with high yield strength, allowing it to return to its original shape after being bent or twisted.
Used in springs, blades, clips, and other components that must flex repeatedly without permanent deformation: The knife was made of spring steel that held its edge.
The alloy typically contains silicon or manganese for added resilience.
Return after deflection
- snapbackSudden return to position
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- flexTense a muscle
- deflectionChange in trajectory
oscillation · vibration · fatigue · cycling · bending · stored energy · potential energy · recoil
Sixth element, atomic symbol C
- chromiumElement twenty-four
- siliconMetalloid in electronics
- manganeseTransition metal, element 25
- vanadiumElement twenty-three, hardens steel
tempering · hardening · quenching · annealing · heat treatment · forging · rolling · metallurgy
Tendency to resume original form
- tensile strengthResistance to pulling force
- hardnessResistance to penetration
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
ductility · resilience · modulus · stress · strain · deformation · load capacity · corrosion resistance
Toothed metal cutting edges
- lock picksTools for opening without keys
- piano wireSteel strings in keyboards
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- automotiveRelating to motor vehicles
rebound
Return after deflection
deflection · oscillation · vibration · fatigue · cycling · bending · stored energy · potential energy · recoil · return
carbon
Sixth element, atomic symbol C
vanadium · tempering · hardening · quenching · annealing · heat treatment · forging · rolling · metallurgy · composition
elasticity
Tendency to resume original form
- tensile strengthResistance to pulling force
- hardnessResistance to penetration
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
stiffness · ductility · resilience · modulus · stress · strain · deformation · load capacity · corrosion resistance · flexibility
saw blades
Toothed metal cutting edges
- lock picksTools for opening without keys
- piano wireSteel strings in keyboards
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
automotive · binder clips · pocket knives · tape measures · safety pins
- steel thingsrebar, I-beam, girder, sheet metal, ball bearing
- Alloysbrass, bronze, pewter, solder, amalgam
- sheet metalaluminum sheet, copper sheet, galvanized metal, tin plate, sheet iron
- blade materialstitanium, iron, wrought iron, ceramic, zirconia
- corsetrycorset, stays, boning, busk, waist cincher
- metal stockrebar, I-beam, angle iron, H-beam, copper bar
spring, steel, springy, springs, sprung, springing, wellspring, springboard, mainspring