2024-01-25
Stainless Steel Production and Processing
We have manufactured steel for a thousand years, but stainless steel is a relative newcomer. It was invented in 1913 by a Harry Brearley, a British metallurgist. Chemists, engineers, and materials scientists have been experimenting ever since. As a rust-resistant alloy, it can offer the same material properties as steel with the rust-resistance of alloys such as aluminum, but at a lesser expense. At first, stainless steel was used mostly in small applications, as parts for water meters or pumps, as well as being excellent cutlery. These days, it is also being used as a structural building material, in much larger quantities.