NounSingular steel Plural countable and uncountable; plural steels steel (countable and uncountable; plural steels)
Derived termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten. Carbon and other elements act as a hardening agent, preventing dislocations in the iron atom crystal lattice from sliding past one another. Varying the amount of alloying elements and form of their presence in the steel (solute elements, precipitated phase) controls qualities such as the hardness, ductility, and tensile strength of the resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content can be made harder and stronger than iron, but is also less ductile. Alloys with a higher carbon content are known as cast iron because of their lower melting point and castability. Steel is also distinguished from wrought iron, which can contain a small amount of carbon, but it is included in the form of slag inclusions. Two distinguishing factors are steel's increased rust-resistance and better weldability. Though steel had been produced by various inefficient methods long before the Renaissance, its use became more common after more efficient production methods were devised in the 17th century. With the invention of the Bessemer process in the mid-19th century, steel became a relatively inexpensive mass-produced material. Further refinements in the process, such as basic oxygen steelmaking, further lowered the cost of production while increasing the quality of the metal. Today, steel is one of the most common materials in the world and is a major component in buildings, infrastructure, tools, ships, automobiles, machines, and appliances. Modern steel is generally identified by various grades of steel defined by various standards organizations. The steel cable of a colliery winding towerFrom Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Can you have a stainless steel dishwasher with a white stove and frig? Q. I know you can but all of our appliances are over 8 years old. Our white dishwasher just went out and I want to change everything to stainless steel. My husband said we can just get the stainless steel dishwasher and replace everything else as they die out. Wouldn't that look tacky? Tacky is not the word to use, but it wouldn't look right to mix appliances. Asked by Toby4 - Fri Jun 27 09:57:10 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. We replaced one major appliance a year, moving from white to stainless. This mismatched appliances did look odd for two years, but it was so easy to tell guests, "hey, we're switching over to stainless." This almost always led to a fun conversation where they got excited for how great our kitchen was going to look. And now it does look great! I love the stainless look, and they're a cinch to keep clean once you find the right cleaner. I'd do this over again exactly the same way. Answered by Chuck - Sun Jun 29 11:21:04 2008 What is the difference between steel and iron? Q. I need to identify a metal. It is rusty so I suspect it is either iron or steel. Since they both have similar densities and are magnetic, how do I tell the difference betweeen steel and iron? Asked by Noodles - Wed Jan 2 22:57:02 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Steel is a refined, alloyed metal that is mostly iron. Iron, in a chemistry sense os simply Fe. In an industrial sense iron is pig iron commonly saturated with carbon, up to 4.5% and has other impurities like sulfur. Pig iron is brittle and should break rather easily, and bend very little. After a piece is broken look at the crystal structure, you should see rather small crystals. Most steel made for car body's, washing machines, file cabinets, low grade bolts and nuts etc. should flex and bend before breaking. Most steel made for things like cutting tools, axles, etc, is hardened and will chip and break rather than bend. Also you can try to heat the piece to a glowing orange temperature. It must be very hot. Cool it. If there… [cont.] Answered by Chuck C - Fri Jan 4 19:54:27 2008 How does a stainless steel bar clean bad smells off your hands?
Q. I was eating crab and tried a thing called a wonderbar, it's appears to be a cake of soap but it is made out of stainless steel.. no soap just water and after about 30 seconds of rubbing ALL of the crab smell was gone!!! I really need to know how please. Asked by fishingal234 - Sun May 4 23:58:07 2008 - - 3 Answers - 1 Comments A. they are made with ionized stainless steel. they reverse the polarization of the organic odor molecules that cling to your hands and repel the odors from your hands or body and wash them down the drain. They are used alot in commercial kitchens by chefs, sous chefs and cooks. Answered by dragonfly.delyn - Mon May 5 01:04:41 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "steel"
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