The durability and service life benefits of Stainless Steel Rebar and the underpinning properties and features – A stainless industry primer for owner's, planners, specifiers, and designers on the technical and market realities

The service life of stainless steel wire mesh belts in sintering furnaces is limited, because material deterioration results in wire fracture. A newly developed humidification system establishes a furnace atmosphere that maintains a protective oxide scale on the belt surface throughout the sintering process and at the same time creates an environment that is reducing to the sintered metal compact. This work includes thermodynamic calculations of the furnace atmosphere dew points that satisfy these oxidation / reduction criteria. Scanning Electron Microscopy, combined with Energy-dispersive X-ray Analysis, and mechanical testing methods have been used to compare belts that have undergone the same length of service in a nitrogen-hydrogen atmosphere and in an atmosphere that was modified using the newly developed humidification method. The material examinations have revealed that the new humidification system significantly extends the service life of stainless steel belts.

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LCA and LCC of the world’s longest pier: a case study on nickel-containing stainless steel rebar

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment ◽

10.1007/s11367-016-1080-2 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 21 (11) ◽

pp. 1637-1644 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Mark Mistry ◽

Christoph Koffler ◽

Sophia Wong

Keyword(s):

Stainless Steel ◽

Steel Rebar

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Evaluation of the Proposed European Test Procedure for Ranking Stainless Steel Rebar

CORROSION ◽

10.5006/2000 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 72 (6) ◽

pp. 834-842 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

C.B. Van Niejenhuis ◽

T.W. Bandura ◽

C.M. Hansson

Keyword(s):

Stainless Steel ◽

Test Procedure ◽

Steel Rebar

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Protein engineering of a new recombinant peptide to increase the surface contact angle of stainless steel

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c5ra13855h ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (123) ◽

pp. 101309-101318 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

X. Y. Ren ◽

X. Q. Bai ◽

C. Q. Yuan ◽

Y. Yang ◽

H. Xie ◽

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Keyword(s):

Contact Angle ◽

Stainless Steel ◽

Service Life ◽

Protein Engineering ◽

Recombinant Peptide ◽

Surface Contact ◽

Surface Contact Angle ◽

Metal Materials

Biofouling seriously affects the properties and service life of metal materials.

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Stainless Steel Rebar for Seismic Applications

Advances in Engineering Structures, Mechanics & Construction - Solid Mechanics and Its Applications ◽

10.1007/1-4020-4891-2_21 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 255-264

Author(s):

Alberto Franchi ◽

Pietro Crespi ◽

Aldo Bennani ◽

Marco Farinet

Keyword(s):

Stainless Steel ◽

Steel Rebar ◽

Seismic Applications

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Study for Performance Increase of a Extractor Device by Steel Replacement of AISI 304 Steel for AISI 420 Steel

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma15010280 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 280

Author(s):

Francisco Alves de Lima Júnior ◽

Ricardo Artur Sanguinetti Ferreira ◽

Rômulo Rocha de Araújo Lima

Keyword(s):

Stainless Steel ◽

Service Life ◽

Tensile Tests ◽

Mechanical Tests ◽

Uniaxial Tensile ◽

Manufacturing Cost ◽

Aisi 304 ◽

Aisi 420 ◽

Hardness Tests ◽

Steel Aisi

The performance of an extractor device used in the food industry was studied from the development of structural analysis through computational modeling based on finite elements. These analyses considered the mechanical properties of AISI 304 and 420 stainless steels, in addition to the tribological aspects of the device in operation. Initially, uniaxial tensile tests were carried out according to the ABNT NBR 6892 standard and hardness tests were carried out according to ASTM E384, E92, and E18 standards. From the mechanical tests, structural analyses were carried out numerically on each of the components of the extractor device. After analyzing all the components, the device was assembled to be tested in operation. The wear and service life of devices made from these two materials were evaluated. From this study, it could be concluded that the extractor device made with AISI 420 stainless steel, in addition to having a lower manufacturing cost, suffered less wear and had an increase in service life of up to 650% compared to the extractor device made with steel stainless steel AISI 304.

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