alloy steel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of alloy steel
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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“There’s a run on steel,” said , owner of Ohio-based Allied Machine & Engineering Corp., which has imported specialty alloy steel from Western Europe for years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2018
Oil pipeline companies, which need special gathering lines, casings and tubing made of alloy steel, have no choice but to look overseas. according to John Stoody, vice president of the Association of Oil Pipe Lines.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2018
Aluminium has gone up, alloy steel, stainless steels.
From BBC • May 5, 2011
"Sometimes it was difficult to break away from their exemplary hospitality," says Nelan, who endured a four-hour tour of an alloy steel mill.
From Time Magazine Archive
The question has been asked many times by different manufacturers, as to which alloy steel offers the best machineability when heat-treated to a given Brinell hardness.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)
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