Importance Of Stainless Steel

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The purpose of these this stduy to idntify important properties and area of usage. In life meterials choosen accordinding to properties which are suitable for that circumstance. The usage area of stainless steel is very common. The objective of this research paper is which properties of stainless steel make it very popular in which areas. According to the which properties of stainless steel what can be new usage areas for stainless steel

Introduction

Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal. It is by mass the most common element on Earth. It forms much of Earth’s ourter and inner core. Iron exists in the wide range of oxidation states. Elemental iron is reactive to …show more content…

There are trade-off between properties of meterials.People chose materials according to desired properties. They prefered steel to iron and stainless steel to steel. Steel has high tensile strength compare to the iron. Stainless steel has some characteristic features that make it very popular in variety applications. It’s corrosion-resistant, durable and dilutable structure make stainless steel very popular in the structure. For all these reasons, stainless steel is very attractive meterials for variety of applications. By using stainless steel, different shape, colour and forms can be …show more content…

The stainless steel is highly resistant to corrosion in different conditions and its strength. A wide range mechanical properties with perfect resistance to corrosion make stainless steel very popular in the world.
The simple stainless steel alloy contains just iron and chromium. The predominant alloying elements of stainless steel is chromium. The concentration of chromium should be greater than 11 wt%. The alloys that cantains greater than 13 % chromium have body centered cubic structure from 0 K to its meilting point. They do not change the phase field to face centered cubic(F.C.C) structure form and can not be quenched to to from martensite.
Stainless steel generally classify 3 groups depending on the specific amounts of alloying elemetns in the microstructure. These groups are martensitic,ferritic, or austenitic

Martensitic
Mertensitic stainless steel are smilar to low alloys. Mertensitic stainless steel allows being heat-treated. can be hardened. They can be hardened due to addition of carbon and strengthened by heat treatment. Martensitic stainless steel usually contain up to 0.6% carbon. This carbon added to the alloys to change Fe-Cr diagrams. The carbon content of these hardenable steels affects forming and welding. To obtain useful properties and prevent cracking, the weldable martensitics usually require preheating and postweld

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