alloy steel

noun

Any of many steels whose alloy composition includes other elements besides the iron and carbon that all steels have, in order to improve the mechanical properties of the material.

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Meanings

nounalloy steel (countable and uncountable, plural alloy steels)

plural alloy steels

  1. countableuncountableAny of many steels whose alloy composition includes other elements besides the iron and carbon that all steels have, in order to improve the mechanical properties of the material.

    The connecting rods are one-piece forgings of alloy steel with a copper/lead steel-backed bearing at the large end and a phosphor-bronze bush at the small end.

    1958 April 28, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265

Translations

German Stahllegierung
  • StahllegierungTranslations
Japanese 合金鋼
  • 合金鋼Translations
Polish stal stopowa
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Chicago

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