high thermal expansion
No-it is a molybedium steel with ~.37% carbon. All 300 series stainless steels are designated by a 3xx numerical system.
stainless steel
MOdulus of elasticity for steel is 2*1011Newton per meter square
Most stainless steels have a strenght of at least 500 MPa. Most alloy steels also have that strength.
It heavily depends on which type of stainless steel you're referring to and what your definition of strong is. High carbon and perhaps plain carbon steels would be harder then austenite and ferritic stainless, but martensitic stainless would be harder then plain/high carbon. Austenite and ferritic stainless would be tougher and austenite would have have highest degree of corrosion resistance. I consider a steel to be "strong" if it has a balance of hardness and toughness in which case,I would say martensitic stainless steels.
Yes stainless steels are steels with at least 10.5% chromium and max 1.2% carbon. Reference: EN10020:2000 Page 5
Stainless steel is an Alloy steel because it contains chromium as an alloying element - steels without alloying elements are called carbon steels.
to use of low carbon austenitic stainless steels and stabiliser stainless steel will minimise the risk of
It depends on the type of stainless steel you are referring to. Austenite and ferritic stainless is not heat treatable in which case carbon steel could be made far harder. However..martensitic stainless steels are heat treatable in which case they could be made harder depending on the alloy contents. Generally the more carbon a steel contains, the harder it can be made. Chromium; a key ingrediant in stainless steels, can also increase hardenability.
There is no "best" steel for knives as all of them have their advantages and disadvantages. Generally though, high carbon stainless steels would be better then the lower alloy non stainless steels. They perform just as good, but they have added corrision resistance. This is especially true of stainless steels such as Cpm S30v which has similar corrision resistance to 440c (the most corrision resistant steel that's useable for knives), yet is is tougher. .
No-it is a molybedium steel with ~.37% carbon. All 300 series stainless steels are designated by a 3xx numerical system.
Copper sulphate solution testA simple 5 percent copper sulphate solution, applied in the same way as the water drop test, should confirm the differences between non-stainless steels and stainless steels. A metallic copper coloured deposit should form easily on non-stainless steels, but the solution should remain free of copper colour if the sample is a stainless steel.
You don't. The temperature to cast any steels would melt any fiber glass fiber. Straight Carbon wouldn't melt but a steel with extra carbon in it may be stronger but it would be be more brittle. You could get the same effect from heat treating. Steel doesn't have extra carbon in it for a reason. Especially stainless steels
Compound. All steels are a compound.
While stainless steel is an alloy of steel, the primary difference between stainless steel and other steels is that the stainless steels have a high percentage (about 10% or even more) of the element chromium in them.
The primary characteristics that steel and stainless steel share are that both are steels, and are made of iron with a bit of carbon in them. While stainless steel has about 10% or more of chromium in it, the "steel" part is still essentially the same.
Chromium