Stainless steels are highly corrosion resistant, ferrous alloys that contain chromium and/or nickel additions. There are three basic types of products: austenitic stainless steels, ferritic and...
7.5 CHROMIUM, MANGANESE, CHROMIUM-MANGANESE, AND SILICON ALLOYED STEELS
With respect to an increased interest in chromium, chromium-molybdenum, and also manganese, chromium-manganese and...
4.1 Steels
This section lists carbon and alloy steels, as well as the stainless steels, in their wrought form, that is to say, in the hot-rolled, cold rolled, or cold-drawn forms. The usual shapes...
Cast irons include many metals having a wide variety of properties. Although cast iron is often considered a simple metal to produce and to specify, the metallurgy of cast iron is more complex than...
4.6 The Unified Numbering System (UNS) for Metals and Alloys
The Unified Numbering System (UNS) provides a means of coordinating many nationally used numbering systems currently administered by...