Chrome steel

For chrome steel as a rarely used historical or alternative name, see stainless steel.
Chrome steel knife

Chrome steel is the name for any one of a class of non-stainless steels such as AISI 52100, SUJ2, 100Cr6,[1] En31, 100C6, and DIN 5401 which are used for applications such as bearings, tools, drills and utensils. Like stainless steel, chrome steels contain chromium, but do not have the corrosion-resistant properties of stainless steel.[2] It has been made from ferrochrome[3] since it was developed around 1877 by J. B. Boussingault and Henri Aimé Brustlein [fr] of Jacob Holtzer steelworks in Unieux, France.[4]

  1. ^ "AISI E 52100 Steel (100Cr6, SUJ2, UNS G52986)". MatWeb. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  2. ^ Bearings, Pacamor Kubar (November 1, 2010). "Ball Bearing Steel: 440C Vs. 52100 In A Corrosive Environment". Pacamor Kubar Bearings.
  3. ^ Jeans, James Stephen (1880). Steel: Its History, Manufacture, Properties, and Uses. E. & F.N. Spon. p. 526.
  4. ^ https://pustaka.sttw.ac.id/assets/file/ebook/pdf/EB139.pdf [bare URL PDF]