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
More Babcock apothegms: Use only alloy steel wire to suture wounds, never catgut.
From Time Magazine Archive
In general, molybdenum when added to an alloy steel, increases the figure for reduction of area, which is considered a good measure of "toughness."
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
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