Technical

Working together with global Stainless Steel Materials’ experts, engineers and companies involved in the manufacture or use of stainless steels/CRAs, we provide here a selection of original, non-commercial articles. These in-depth technical papers are written or co-written by operating companies, describing commercially viable new technologies and case histories of successful applications, backed by data. Topics include tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels.

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Choosing materials for solid-state hydrogen storage – a guidance framework

Solid-state hydrogen storage systems based on metallic materials which chemically absorb large amounts of hydrogen under moderate pressure and temperature and then release them...

ITA lauds successful completion of Grade 12 update

The International Titanium Association’s Industrial Applications Committee has confirmed that the project to update Titanium Grade 12 requirements for the ISO15156/NACE MRO175 specification has...

Titanium helps prevent chromium carbides in austenitic stainless steel

Alloying austenitic stainless steel with strong carbide-forming elements such as titanium can avoid the precipitation of chromium carbides. By Sabine Friederichs, Technical University of Clausthal,...

Setting off shockwaves in global titanium industry

This article is a compilation of recent news stories, press releases and company statements regarding the effects on the international titanium industry due to...

The sun sets on cheap gas: what next for LNG?

The LNG market was already tight when the war in Ukraine caused the price of natural gas to shoot up. As Europe slowly weans...

Built in days to last forever

The Chinese company BROAD Group has developed a revolutionary modular construction style that has enabled it to perfect eco-friendly, prefabricated stainless buildings it says...

Titanium and civil aviation: turbulence ahead

Addressing the challenge of hydrogen embrittlement in metallurgy