Increasing the hardness of a material typically minimizes its vulnerability to friction. However, this can then reduce the toughness of the steel and increase its susceptibility to fracture. High ...

Stainless steels are known as high-alloy steels with good corrosion resistance thanks to the large amounts of chromium available in these steels. Most of the stainless steels contain about 10% of ...

Steels that contain specified amounts of alloying elements -- other than carbon and the commonly accepted amounts of manganese, copper, silicon, sulfur, and phosphorus -- are known as alloy steels.

There are three basic distinctions among carbon steel grades, referred to as low-carbon, medium-carbon, and high-carbon steels. Carbon steel consists of numerous different grades that offer different ...

One of the features that characterize stainless steels is a minimum 10.5% chromium content as the principal alloying element. Four major categories of wrought stainless steel, based on metallurgical ...

An axleshaft’s overall strength is determined by what Randy’s Ring & Pinion calls DMD: diameter, materials, design. We’ll start with materials. Most readers know that steel is a generic name for ...