steel alloys
Iron-based metal mixtures
Steel alloys are metals made by combining iron and carbon with other elements to achieve specific properties.
Adding chromium produces stainless steel, resistant to corrosion.
Manganese increases strength and hardness.
Nickel improves toughness.
Different combinations yield steels suited for particular applications: high-carbon steel for cutting tools, chromoly for bicycle frames, surgical steel for medical instruments.
- rust resistantUnlikely to oxidize
- superalloysHigh-temperature resistant metal mixtures
- metallurgyScience of extracting metals
- blast furnaceOre-to-metal converter
- nickelElement twenty-eight, or coin
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