steel

     

Austenite (γ-iron; har) Bainite Martensite Cementite (iron carbide; Fe3C) Ledeburite (ferrite - cementite eutectic, 4.3% carbon) Ferrite (α-iron, δ-iron; soft) Pearlite (88% ferrite, 12% cementite) Spheroidite

Trivia about steel

  • In the ECSC, formed in western Europe in 1952, the "CS" stood for coal & this product
  • Working at an auto plant David Smith learned the techniques he used sculpting this “stainless” metal
  • The addition of chromium to this alloy makes it extra strong & "stainless"
  • Of rubber, steel, or glass, the ball capable of bouncing the highest
  • Anshan, sort of the Chinese Pittsburgh, is best known for its production of this
  • In April 1952 the president seized these mills to help the Korean War effort; then the Supreme Court said he couldn't
  • A true symbol of strength, the bridge was the first suspension bridge to have cable wires made of this
  • In the Bessemer process, pig iron is converted into this
  • Indiana, not Pennsylvania, ranks 1st in the U.S. in the production of this alloy
  • In 1857, William Kelly convinced U.S. Patent Office to give him, not Bessemer, rights to make it
  • The bodacious Tata family launched this industry in India in 1901, the year the "U.S." corporation was founded
  • This metallic word can precede "blue", "drum" or "-faced"
  • Industrialists said "Bessemer Mucho" in 1856 when Henry Bessemer announced a new process for making this
  • Patented in 1855, the Bessemer process drastically lowered the cost of making this
  • The Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Penn. filled its first orders for this industrial material in 1875
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew uses a magnet on a beverage can and a food can.) In separating recyclables, a magnet is used because it will not attract aluminum, but will attract this metal, the main constituent of what we call tin cans
  • The Pittsburgh-based union of these workers was not happy with Pres. Bush's decision to lift tariffs
  • With fire, iron & carbon are forged into this strong alloy
  • The Bessemer process, developed in the 1850s, was a cheap way to convert pig iron to this
  • Jared Diamond: "Guns, Germs, and ___"