Stainless steel, including austenitic stainless steel, is strong, durable, and resistant to corrosion, making it a popular choice for a wide range of applications. Image Credit: Ulbrich Stainless ...

Retained austenite plays a crucial role in determining the hardness, toughness, and strength of martensitic steel alloys. The quenching of these alloys forms a hard martensitic phase, but incomplete ...

Duplex stainless steels are typically known to have a dualphase microstructure that contains both ferrite and austenite grains. This so-called microstructure offers a uniquely beneficial combination ...

Metalworkers and metallurgists have long appreciated the ability to tailor the performance characteristics of steel (an alloy of iron and carbon), including their strength, hardness, ductility and ...

Thomas Devine, a materials science and engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, provides this answer. Stainless steels are iron-based alloys primarily known for their generally ...

The price of petrol may have fallen, but car makers are still keen to improve fuel efficiency. Building vehicles with lighter materials is one approach: trimming a car's weight by one-tenth can boost ...

This article was updated May 25, 2023. It was originally published Nov. 17, 2009. To put hard, durable threaded holes in plastics, engineers often specify threaded metal inserts that will securely ...

More than 70% of the world's supply of nickel is used to make stainless steel, a cost-effective, strong, corrosion resistant alloy widely used for construction, transportation, development of medical ...