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crammy90

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what sort of steel is mixed with the chromium and nickel?
is it just mild steel?
and the ni gives it the strength?
 

needFOOD

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yup, dunno what mild steel is, you could explain that to me xD
nickel gives it strength but you can't put in too much otherwise the chromium's oxide layer begins to "not work" sorry i don't have a technical term for it.
so its a balance of usually 18%-8% chromium-nickel
 

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Mild steel contains no more than 0.2% carbon. It is malleable and so can be welded easily into structures such as car bodies and ship hulls.
 

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steel with nickel and chromium in is is called stainless steel
we arent really concerned with the amount of carbon as it isnt what it is used for
i believe that a few percent manganese is used to make the steel strong
 

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