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Mar 11, 2024Silicon Steel Product Guide: Grades, Properties and ApplicationsSilicon steel is a soft magnetic iron-silicon alloy used in transformer cores, motors and generators. This guide explains grain-oriented and non-oriented grades, silicon content, c -
Mar 11, 2024Non-Oriented Electrical Steel: Development History and Key MilestonesThis article traces the development history of non-oriented electrical steel from Hadfield's silicon-iron discovery in 1882-1900 to modern high-grade cold-rolled production, with k -
Mar 08, 2024Cold Rolled Grain Oriented Silicon Steel: What Is CRGO?Cold rolled grain oriented (CRGO) silicon steel is a soft magnetic alloy used to manufacture transformer and motor cores. This article explains how it is made, why grain orientatio -
Mar 08, 2024How to Select Silicon Steel: Grade Designation, Iron Loss and CoatingPractical guide to buying and specifying silicon steel. The article decodes the grade designation, separates the hysteresis and eddy-current parts of iron loss, and compares non-or -
Mar 06, 2024Oriented Silicon Steel: Magnetic Properties, Manufacturing and ApplicationsOriented silicon steel is a soft magnetic ferrosilicon alloy with aligned grains that delivers low core loss and high permeability in the rolling direction. The article covers its -
Feb 29, 2024In-Depth Maintenance Tips for Stainless Steel Surfaces and EquipmentStainless steel stays corrosion resistant only while its passive film is intact. These maintenance tips cover grade selection, safe cleaning products, passivation of contaminated s -
Feb 19, 2024Advantages of Alloy 400: Composition, Grades and Industrial BenefitsAlloy 400 is a wrought nickel-copper alloy containing at least 63% nickel and 28-34% copper, valued for seawater corrosion resistance, high strength and non-magnetic behaviour. Thi -
Feb 19, 2024Nickel-Chromium Alloys vs Nickel-Copper Alloys: Properties, Composition and S...Nickel-chromium-iron alloys such as UNS N06600 and nickel-copper alloys such as UNS N04400 are both high-nickel materials, yet they serve different duties. This guide compares thei -
Feb 06, 2024Duplex Grades 1.4462, 1.4410, 1.4501 and 1.4507 ExplainedDIN EN 1.4462, 1.4410, 1.4501 and 1.4507 are duplex and super duplex stainless steel designations used across multiple DIN, EN and ISO standards. They correspond to UNS S31803/S322 -
Feb 05, 2024Stainless Steel Raw Materials: A Practical OverviewThis overview covers stainless steel raw materials from composition and standards to manufacturing and sustainability, and connects raw material quality to the performance of nicke -
Feb 05, 2024Alloy 625 (UNS N06625) Nickel-Based Alloy: Composition, Standards and Applica...A complete technical profile of alloy 625, UNS N06625, a molybdenum and niobium bearing nickel-chromium superalloy. Composition limits, governing standards, physical and mechanical -
Feb 05, 2024Alloy 625 (UNS N06625) Features and Characteristics: Composition, Corrosion a...An explanation of what makes Alloy 625 (UNS N06625) a long-standing engineering material: the role of nickel, chromium, molybdenum and niobium, its corrosion and oxidation resistan
