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Type of Steel |
Uses |
Stainless Steel |
Utensils, ball bearings |
Nickel Steel |
Automobile and Airplane parts |
Invar Steel |
Measuring tapes |
Bessemer Steel |
Railroad bridges (in USA) |
Manganese Steel |
Metro or mono rails, Railway points and crossings. |
Tungsten Steel |
Drilling machines. |
Note:
Mild steel has carbon content upto 0.3%.
Strainless steel has 10-20% chromium as a main alloy in their composition.
Cast iron has more than 2% carbon content.
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