Steel

Steel

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

Industry: Metals

Contributors in Steel

Steel

Iron-bearing items such as old automobiles; household appliances; farm, office, and industrial equipment; ships and railroad cars; buildings and bridges that have completed their useful life which ...

defined benefit retirement plan

Metals; Steel

A type of pension plan whereby the employer promises to make pension payments to retired employees in specified amounts, regardless of the performance of the fund. Because the employees’ total years ...

defined contribution retirement plan

Metals; Steel

A pension plan in which the employer promises to make specified contributions to the pension fund, but the amount of pension benefits ultimately paid to retired employees depends on how well the ...

descaling

Metals; Steel

The process of removing scale from the surface of steel. Scale forms most readily when the steel is hot by union oxygen with iron. Common methods are: (1) crack the scale by use of roughened rolls ...

desulfurization

Metals; Steel

Operation that injects a chemical mixture into a ladle full of hot metal to remove sulfur prior to its charging into the Basic Oxygen Furnace.

direct reduced iron (DRI)

Metals; Steel

Processed iron ore that is iron-rich enough to be used as a scrap substitute in electric furnace steelmaking.

drawn-over-mandrel

Metals; Steel

A procedure for producing specialty tubing using a drawbench to pull tubing through a die and over a mandrel, giving excellent control over the inside diameter and wall thickness. Advantages of this ...