Stainless steel One of the most common steel products that we all use on a daily basis is stainless steel. The utensils we use for cooking purposes are made from this material. There are many grades of stainless steel utensils that go from the very... Continue reading
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A steel tiger China is prepared to renationalize large portions of its huge steel sector and to consolidate it into six or seven giants. This is in order to get the upper hand in negotiations with iron ore miners BHP and Rio. The Chinese government... Continue reading
The dawn of steel In the pre 1800s, the process of technical innovation as well as growth of demand made it not only possible, but necessary for a new type of production to occur, this is the same as it happened with the iron making... Continue reading
The strength of steel One of the most beneficial things about steel is the fact that it has such a broad range of mechanical properties that can be achieved by different heat treatments. Such things as formability, good ductility and strength can all be obtained... Continue reading
From failure to success The first process used for mass producing steel is called the Bessemer Process. This process was named after Sir Henry Bessemer of England. The process evolved out of the contributions of a multitude of investigators before it could be utilized on... Continue reading
Strengthening steel When iron is mixed with carbon, you create an alloy called steel. Carbon is the most cost efficient alloying material to mix with iron, though there are many other elements that can create a multitude of other alloys. Carbon, as well as other... Continue reading
The transformation of steel Steel starts out as multiple raw materials, it goes through mixing and melting processes until it finds itself in a ladle approaching a blast furnace. This furnace will convert the product into liquid steel. Steel is iron which has had most... Continue reading
Types of steel plants There are basically two types of plants. The integrated steel plants, also known as ISPs and the mini steel plants, also known as MSPs. Raw materials are brought into each type of plant for processing. In the ISP plants, the raw... Continue reading
The crude steel process In large, integrated steel plants, also known as ISPs, the raw materials used to create steel consist of iron ore lumps, sinters and pellets, coke (which is a byproduct of cooking coal) and fluxes such as limestone or dolomite. In mini... Continue reading
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