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Stainless Steel and its Various Uses

Stainless steel is the most widely used type of steel today. It is an alloy of steel and chromium, forming a very durable and strong metal. In some places in the world, it is more popularly known as “inox" steel, which comes from a French description “ino... Read >

Metal Expansion and the Uses of Corrugated Metal Sheets

Expansion or perforation is the process of shearing a metal plate in a press to create voids that are surrounded by interlinked bars as it stretches to a sheet. This process is done to achieve a corrugated surface on the metal sheet without reducing the u... Read >

Nickel, Applications, Biological Role and Limitations

Nickel is one of the most popular metals in the metal world. Along with copper, silver, gold and other essential metals, nickel possesses various useful characteristics that gave it a significant spot in metallurgy. Its first use can be traced back 3500 B... Read >

Safe Pipes Using Aluminium and Copper Alloys

Fresh water is the most important source of life on the planet. Ninety-nine percent of all living organisms relies their survival on fresh water. Unlike ocean water, it contains purely diatoms of hydrogen and oxygen that are essential to the human and ani... Read >

Aluminium, Characteristics, general Uses and Drawbacks

Aluminum is one of the most abundant elements on earth and the most abundant natural metal around. Making up over eight percent of the earth’s crust, only oxygen and nitrogen are more abundant. This makes it one of the most widely used materials in the fi... Read >

Uses Of Non Ferrous Metals

Metals coming from non ferrous metallic elements are composite metals that do not have significant content of iron in their structural integrity. Generally, non ferrous metals do not have any magnetic properties, have higher melting points and are much st... Read >

Metal Sheets And Manufacturing Processes

Metal sheets have a lot of uses in modern construction. Home structures, cars, furniture, and even desktop and laptop computers make use of metal sheets. Metal sheet, or sheet metal in more popular term, derived its name from its thin and flat form. M... Read >

AluminiumAs A Building Material

Aluminium is a silvery white metallic element known for its low density and resistance to corrosion. It is the most abundant metal readily found in the Earth’s crust. Aluminium, along with its alloys and derivatives, is a very important material in the ae... Read >

Cupronickel As An Industrial Alloy

An alloy is a partial or full solution of one or more metallic elements. A full solution alloy has a single microstructure of solid phase, whereas partial solution alloy has two or more phases of matter that produce a homogeneous metallic product. Alloys ... Read >

Overview Of Aluminium Alloys

Aluminium alloys are metallic composites in which aluminium is the main component. Copper, magnesium, manganese, silicon and zinc are among the usual components that are combined with aluminium to create such family of alloys. There are two main categorie... Read >

The Car and Aluminium

How does one design the perfect car? It’s simple: make everything light and make the engine powerful. Speed junkies all over the world follow this mantra. However, if you ask any serious driver, the response would probably be that speed isn’t just a n... Read >

Stainless Steel in Building Design

Architects, builders and facilities designers have a lot to be thankful for today. They have a whole range of materials to try and fit into the vision of their creation. And for the truly creative, all it takes is a repurposing of materials to fit their i... Read >

Metals in Building Design

Ever since man has started building grand structures, the quest for new materials for decorative purposes has never waned. There was a time when building relied solely on the structural materials used to impart some form of aesthetic appeal, if there ever... Read >

Perforated Aluminum Perfect for Building Design

Designing a building, a home or a room involves compromise. It is a compromise between the home owner for a livable, reasonably priced fashionable home and the designer’s vision for the client’s home, between the beauty of a material and that of its stren... Read >