High Alloy Steel: The alloying element composition in high alloy steels is above 5%, which can be up to 50% or more for some ...

it is slower to corrode. This process is common with gold, silver, nickel, copper and tin as they are low down in the reactivity series. For instance, tin cans are actually steel (containing iron ...

Galvanisation is the process of zinc-plating other metals to protect them from corrosion. Metal sculptures are shown being cleaned in an acid bath then dipped in a bath of molten zinc. This forms ...

He was researching steel alloys to stop corrosion in gun barrels. Brearley made an alloy using iron, carbon, chromium, and nickel. However, it didn't work well for a gun barrel, so he tossed it ...