Steel
material · 1856 · Industrial Revolution
An alloy of iron and carbon; mass production came with the Bessemer process.
Principles and materials it uses
- Iron — is made of. Steel is iron with carbon.
- Bessemer converter — uses. Mass-produced steel is Bessemer steel.
Where it is used
- Bicycle frame — is material for. Classic frames are made of steel tubes; today also of aluminium and carbon fibre.
- Roller chain — is material for. The chain’s links, pins and rollers are made of steel.
- Ball bearing — is material for. The rings and balls are made of bearing steel.
- Electric motor — is material for. The stator and rotor are stacked from sheets of electrical steel.
- Armour — is material for. Classic armour is a rolled steel plate.
- Track link — is material for. Track links are cast from steel.
- Rivet — is material for. Steel rivets.
- Saw — is material for. The saw blade is steel.
- Railway track — is material for. Modern rails are steel.
- Shipping container — is material for. A steel body.
- Transformer — is material for. A core of electrical steel.
- Pipeline — is material for. Steel pipes.
- Tin can — is material for. Sheet steel.
- Safety pin — is material for. Steel wire.
- Safety razor — is material for. The blade.
- Steel plough — is material for. Steel.
- Barbed wire — is material for. Steel wire.
- Reinforced concrete — is material for. Reinforcement.
- Steel frame — is material for. Steel.
- Wire rope — is material for. Steel wire.
- Helmet — is material for. Steel helmets.
- Knife — is material for. Modern knives are steel.
- Chisel — is material for. Steel.
- File — is material for. Hardened steel with cut teeth.
- Ice skates — is material for. A steel blade.
- Scaffolding — is material for. Modern scaffolding is steel tubes.
- Scythe — is material for. A steel blade.
- Sword — is material for. Steel swords.
- Plate armour — is material for. Steel plates.
- Steel nib — is material for. Steel.
What it is a kind of
- Alloy — is a kind of. Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon.
- Stainless steel — includes. A kind of steel.
- Damascus steel — includes. A kind of steel.
- High-speed steel — includes. Steel.