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Stainless Steel: What can we help you with? Home What We Do Stainless Steel Stainless Steel About Stainless Steel Stainless steel is a family of iron-based alloys that contain a minimum of approximate...

Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Acid Pickling , Pickling The removal, by immersion in a solution containing nitric and hydrofluoric acids, of the scale left after hot working or annealing. It ...

Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Orange Peel The surface roughening of sheet or strip that develops on subsequent cold deformation if the grain size is too coarse. The appearance is similar to ...

Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Deformation The change in dimensions and/or shape of a material or work-piece due to applied forces. Deformation can be elastic or permanent. Elastic deformatio...

Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Fatigue The localised, progressive and permanent damage or structural change that occurs to a material subjected to repeated, fluctuating, loads that are lower,...

Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Manipulation Tests Tests performed on full section or sector specimens to evaluate the ability of the work-piece to withstand possibly severe manipulation. Crus...

Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Passivation Treatment in oxidising acids to remove light surface contamination by iron based materials left by machining or wire brushing and to enhance the nat...

Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Sensitisation Sensitisation occurs because Chromium has a higher affinity for Carbon than does Iron. Welding and some heating cycles provide the thermal energy ...

Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary IMA - Improved Machinability Alloy Enhanced machinability grades that achieve the improved machinability without the addition of elements like Sulphur that have...