Materials
Special steels: Hastelloy, Inconel, Monel
HASTELLOY Hastelloy steel is the trade name for a series of nickel alloys that were developed by Haynes…
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How grades differ, how to read designations, where corrosion comes from.
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Materials
Martensitic stainless steel
Martensitic stainless steel is not as corrosion-resistant as the austenitic and ferritic steels described earlier, but it has…
Materials
Stainless steels and intergranular corrosion
The grade designated (according to the European standard) as EN 1.4571 is the stainless steel type 316Ti. It…
Materials
Ferritic steel
Ferritic stainless steels have good mechanical properties. They are materials with a high yield strength, easier to cut…
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Acid-resistant steel vs ordinary stainless — how to tell 316 from 304
In a stockyard, two pipes can look identical: the same shine, the same diameter, almost the same price…
Materials
Heat-resistant stainless steel — what sets it apart and why it is irreplaceable
In the world of metallurgy and engineering there are materials for special tasks. One of them is heat-resistant…