alloy steel

noun

1. carbon steel to which various elements, as chromium, cobalt, copper, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, tungsten, or vanadium, have been added in sufficient amounts to obtain desirable physical and chemical properties.

Word History and Origins

Origin of alloy steel¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Hexavalent chromium is added to alloy steel to increase corrosion resistance.

From BBC

“There’s a run on steel,” said , owner of Ohio-based Allied Machine & Engineering Corp., which has imported specialty alloy steel from Western Europe for years.

From Wall Street Journal

Oil pipeline companies, which need special gathering lines, casings and tubing made of alloy steel, have no choice but to look overseas. according to John Stoody, vice president of the Association of Oil Pipe Lines.

From Washington Post

International Trade Commission said on Friday it had made a final finding that the U.S. industry was being harmed by the dumping and subsidization of imports of carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from China.

From Reuters

On Tuesday, the European Commission imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of certain heavy plate of non-alloy or other alloy steel from China.

From Reuters