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| angle iron |
a piece of rolled iron or steel in the form of a right angle along its lengthwise dimension, used in construction for joining parts or as support. |
| armor plate |
specially hardened steel plates used to protect vehicles or fortifications. |
| Bessemer process |
a process for making steel by blasting hot compressed air through molten pig iron to remove impurities. |
| billet2 |
a narrow bar of steel or iron, usu. square in section, that is rolled or forged from an ingot. [1/4 definitions] |
| boilerplate |
flat plates of steel that can be curved to make boilers. [1/5 definitions] |
| brake band |
a lined, flexible, usu. steel band around a brake drum, which, when tightened, creates the friction of a braking action. |
| brush1 |
one of a pair of devices for playing the drums, consisting of a rod with many rigid steel wires attached to the end in a fan shape. [1/8 definitions] |
| cable |
a thick, strong rope made of fiber or steel. [1/11 definitions] |
| calcium oxide |
a soft white caustic powder used in the treatment of waste, as an industrial alkali, and in the manufacture of steel, glass, plaster, and insecticides; lime; quicklime. |
| cannonball |
a round iron or steel projectile to be fired by a cannon. [1/4 definitions] |
| cast steel |
steel shaped by casting rather than rolling or forging. |
| chain-link fence |
a fence made of interwoven links of galvanized steel. |
| chromemoly |
shortened form of "chromium molybdenum steel," a steel alloy used for making such things as bicycle frames. |
| chromium |
a chemical element that has twenty-four protons in each nucleus and that occurs as a silver-gray, lustrous, corrosion-resistant solid metal, chiefly used in electroplating, alloys such as stainless steel, or compounds with other elements. (symbol: Cr) |
| chromium steel |
a very strong steel that contains chromium. |
| cold chisel |
a handleless chisel made of tempered steel with a sharpened edge, used for cutting unheated metal. |
| converter |
a furnace that uses the Bessemer process to convert pig iron into steel. [1/5 definitions] |
| crowbar |
a heavy steel bar or rod, often with a flattened and bent end, that is designed to be used as a lever. |
| crucible steel |
a high-grade steel smelted in a crucible or fused from flux, wrought iron, and carbon, and used to make knives, tools, and dies. |
| Damascene |
to ornament (iron or steel) with wavy markings or inlays of gold or silver. [1/6 definitions] |
| Damascus steel |
hand-wrought steel, used esp. for sword blades, that is made by repeated folding and welding, thereby creating a pattern of wavy lines; damask steel. |
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