What is stainless steel made of?
Like all steel, stainless steel starts out with a mixture of iron and carbon. What sets this family of alloys apart is that stainless also has a minimum of 10.5% chromium. This element gives stainless steel its characteristic resistance to oxidation. When stainless steel is exposed to the atmosphere, the chromium combines with oxygen to […]
A Brief History of Nickel Alloy
It’s believed that the first nickel alloy was used in 200 BCE in China. That’s the earliest record available, and the material was referred to as “white copper,” which experts believe was an alloy of nickel and silver. Fast forward to 1751, A. F. Cronstedt, a German scientist, managed to isolate nickel from the niccolite […]
