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GREENLINE PIPE & FITTING SHARING VALUABLE BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT STEEL.
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INTERESTING FACTS ON STEEL
It’s in buildings, it’s in machinery, and it’s in cars, furniture, art galleries, and statues–to name a few
things.
Its durability and versatility make it a handy everyday material. It can be molded and bent into just about
any shape, and yet it resists weather and wear-and-tear, making it a long-lasting material.
And while you may think that you know all there is to know about steel, we bet you probably didn’t know the facts about steel below:
1. Because steel and iron expand when heated, the Eiffel Tower is about six inches taller in the
summer than in the winter. As noted by the LA times, “Not counting its antenna, the iron tower
is about 984 feet tall. But on cold days it’s roughly 6 inches shorter.” Luckily, Paris has tolerable
weather–otherwise, the tower would be doing lots of moving.
2. Steel can remove odor from your skin. An old chef’s trick involves rubbing your hands on a
stainless steel surface (like a sink or a knife) to remove the smell of garlic from your hands. It
really works–there are even stainless steel “soap” bars designed specifically for that purpose.
3. Stainless steel was invented for cannons. Well, sort of. English metallurgist Harry Brearley was
looking for a way to protect the bores of cannons from erosion, and invented stainless steel in the
process. That was in 1912, and the first commercial production of stainless steel happened a year
later.
4. Two-thirds of all cans on supermarket shelves are made from steel. That’s a pretty incredible
number when you think about it. What’s more, about 1.8 billion drink cans are made of steel, and
even cooler, recycling seven steel cans saves enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 26
years.
5. Steel can be around 1000 times stronger than iron in its purest form. A certain proportion of
carbon in iron (between .2 and 2.1%) produces steel, which can be up to 1000 times stronger than
normal iron. Pretty cool stuff.