Steel

Steel

Steel is a type of metal forged with iron and coal that is lighter and stronger than iron.

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non-grain-oriented silicon electrical steel

Metals; Steel

Because there is no preferential direction for magnetization, non-grain-oriented steel is best used in rotating apparatus such as electric motors.

A process that combines iron-bearing particles, once recovered from environmental control filters, into small pellets. Previously, these materials were too fine to withstand the air currents of the ...

skelp

Metals; Steel

Steel that is the entry material to a pipe mill. It resembles hot-rolled strip, but its properties allow for the severe forming and welding operations required for pipe production.

skin milling

Metals; Steel

Grinds the top and/or bottom of a large aluminum plate into close tolerance.

slag

Metals; Steel

The impurities in a molten pool of iron. Flux such as limestone may be added to foster the congregation of undesired elements into a slag. Because slag is lighter than iron, it will float on top of ...

slitting

Metals; Steel

Cutting a sheet of steel into narrower strips to match customer needs. Because steel mills have limited flexibility as to the widths of the sheet that they produce, service centers normally will cut ...