Steel
Steels are the most common used metallic materials.
The term "steel" describes all metallic alloys (most important alloying addition is carbon) the main constituent of which is iron and that are made malleable through rolling or forging.
The most important procedures for modification of steel properties are:
Steels are the most common used metallic materials.
Carbon is the element that turns iron into steel. It determines whether the steel is more solid or soft, more ductile or more brittle. However, there are also groups of steel where carbon has no element any more, for example regarding IF-steels (IF = Interstitial-free steels).
Generally, it can be said that steel with a high level of carbon becomes more solid but also more brittle.
- alloying
- heat treatment
- annealing
- curing
- sintering
- quenching and tempering
- cold forming
- rolling
- drawing
- bending
- ...
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