Steel

Steel

Steel is a type of metal forged with iron and coal that is lighter and stronger than iron.

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Pellet

Metals; Steel

Small, round,and marble-sized balls of iron ore manufactured as feed for blast furnaces.

Seamless tube

Metals; Steel

Seamless tubes have greater strength than welded tubes because of their homogenous microstructure, but are much more expensive to manufacture. They are made by rolling a preheated billet between ...

An ironmaking technology which, unlike the blast furnace, uses steaming (non-coking) coals, so avoiding the higher cost of coke. It is a two-stage process where lump ore, pellets or sintered iron ore ...

Steel

Metals; Steel

A metal that is made of iron and carbon. The carbon makes the iron stronger, harder, and able to be bent.

Claymore

Metals; Steel

The Scottish variant of the late mediaeval two-handed longsword. It is characterised as having a cross hilt of forward-sloping quillons with quatrefoil terminations. It was in use from the 15th to ...

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)

Metals; Steel

An association of North American companies that mine iron ore and produce steel products. There are 31 member companies and 118 associate members, which include both suppliers and customers that ...

Annealing

Metals; Steel

A heat or thermal treatment process by which a previously cold-rolled steel coil is made more suitable for forming and bending. The steel sheet is heated to a designated temperature for a sufficient ...