In 1912, Harry Brearly, a British metallurgist, while experimenting with chromium, found that a layer of that metal on steel made steel resistant to weathering and acid. It was the perfect solution for preserving the life of gun barrels.
Charles Schwab, president of the United States Steel Corporation, was now president of another company called Bethlehem Steel. Two months after the start of the First World War, Schwab got an order for $40 million worth of weaponry from England, all of which was a secret.
Two breakthroughs in Europe put the continent on the map of steel production. England was never the same again. There are known as the Huntsman and Bessemer Breakthroughs. Benjamin Huntsman Process Ever since steel production began, England struggled to stay at par with the rest of the world. The metalworkers…
Europe was experiencing an iron boom, thanks to the invention of blast furnaces. The hourglass-shaped contraption was 10-feet tall and had two bellows at the bottom on either side.
Gone were the days of the ancient iron and steel weapons. Fast forward to the age of powerful and beautifully-crafted swords. Swords were being made around the world. The Excalibur, the famous sword of King Arthur, was not made of steel, even though the word meant “cut-steel”. In fact, Europe as…
Keeping truly altruistic projects aside, every project is initiated with the final goal of gaining profit. This profit can either be direct, in the form of liquid assets like cash or indirect, in the form of savings in costs or increases in productivity for some other associated profit-making branch or…
Steel is known to be a vital ingredient used in construction, in fact, the most robust when it comes to holding a structure. The durability and sturdiness that steel provides to a building are unmatched by concrete, wood, or bamboo.
Since its independence, India has seen an unprecedented growth in infrastructure and energy usage. It has made its mark not just in Asia, but all over the world, because of its rapid rate of urbanization and modernization.