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Find the answer to your questions: What are stainless steels? What are the main strengths? In which applications are they used? What are the different grades and properties?

What are stainless steels?

Stainless steels are a family of alloys of Iron with a minimum of 10.5% Chromium. Chromium produces a thin layer of oxide on the surface of the steel ...

Published 19 March 2021
Stainless steel flexible service lines – the fit and forget solution

Leaks in distribution systems are costly. Added to the direct cost of the lost water that cannot be sold are the financial and environmental costs of ...

Published 15 March 2022
What are the main strengths of stainless steels?

Stainless steels are often rightly associated with corrosion resistance, but they can do so much more. They have good mechanical properties, high and ...

Published 15 February 2021
What are the applications in which they are used?

Stainless steels are everywhere. They are used in the home (tableware, kitchen sinks, cookware, ovens and barbecues, garden equipment and furniture, …...

Published 05 October 2020
What are the different grades and properties?

There are more than 200 different grades of stainless steels, which are categorised in 4 main groups: austenitic, ferritic, martensitic and duplex. Re...

Published 17 March 2021

About Team Stainless

Team Stainless is an informal alliance of the European Ferrous Recovery and Recycling Branch, Eurofer, the International Chromium Development Association, the International Molybdenum Association, the International Nickel Study Group, the International Stainless Steel Forum, and the Nickel Institute. Its primary function is to support the stainless steel industry by providing accurate and industry-leading information about the properties and sustainable benefits of stainless steel. 

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