Alloy steel

Al´loy steel

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Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium.

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alloy steel - steel who characteristics are determined by the addition of other elements in addition to carbon steel - an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range chromium steel, stainless, stainless steel - steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion chrome-nickel steel, Elinvar - Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures chrome-tungsten steel - a steel alloy made with chromium and tungsten austenitic manganese steel, manganese steel - a steel with a relatively large component (10-14%) of manganese; highly resistant to wear and shock molybdenum steel - steel containing 10-15% molybdenum; properties are similar to tungsten steel nickel steel - an alloy steel containing nickel tool steel - alloy steel that is suitable for making tools; is hard and tough and can retain a cutting edge tungsten steel, wolfram steel - a very hard heat-resistant steel containing tungsten vanadium steel - steel alloyed with vanadium for greater strength and high-temperature stability