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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Making Stainless Steel
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Stainless steel was discovered when Harry Brearley was experimenting with alloying steel to prevent fouling in rifle barrels and to prevent corrosion. The alloy he was trying to introduce into the iron rifle barrel steel was chromium. When he realized he had steel that didn’t corrode (stain) as much, he named it “stainless steel.” He also introduced how to use his new 12.8 % chromium steel to make cutlery that resisted rusting.