Stainless steels are high-alloy steels. They have high corrosion resistance due to high chromium content of about 4-30%. They are classified in to three types such as ferritic, austenitic, and martensitic steels based on their crystalline structure.
Stainless steels are high-alloy steels. They have high corrosion resistance when compared to other steels due to the presence of large amounts of chromium. Based on their crystalline structure, they are classified into ferritic, austenitic, and martensitic steels.
Carbon steels are steels that contain only carbon as their chief alloying element. Traces of 0.4% silicon and 1.2% manganese are present in these steels. Small quantities of copper, nickel, molybdenum, aluminium and chromium can also be found in the carbon steels.
Steels having carbon as the major alloying element are called as carbon steels. They contain up to 1.2% manganese and 0.4% silicon. The residual elements such as copper, molybdenum, aluminium, chromium and nickel are also present in these steels.
Stainless steels are high-alloy steels that have good corrosion resistance in comparison with other steels because they contain more chromium.
Carbon steels contain carbon as the specific alloying element. They also contain 1.2% manganese and 0.4% silicon. In addition to carbon, they also contain copper, nickel, molybdenum, and aluminium as residual elements.
Following the release of the 2nd edition of ‘Characterization of Materials’, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Elton N. Kaufmann talks to AZoM.
By G.P. Thomas
26 Sep 2012
Stainless steels are high-alloy steels that possess good corrosion resistance in comparison with other steels because they contain more chromium.
Stainless steels are high-alloy steels with good corrosion resistance due to large amounts of chromium present in them. Most of the stainless steels contain about 10% of chromium.
Stainless steels are known as high-alloy steels. These steels are available in four groups that include martensitic, austenitic, ferritic and precipitation-hardened steels. These groups are formed based on the crystalline structure of stainless steels.