Stainless Steels and Other Ferrous Alloys

110th Anniversary: The Missing Link Unearthed: Materials and Process Intensification

“…7 Shortly after World War II, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry published a series of articles under a common title, "Materials of Construction", that included aluminum alloys, 8 cements, 9 ceramics, 10 wrought copper and copper-based alloys, 11 elastomers, 12 fibers, 13 iron, mild steels and low alloy steels, 14 nickel and high nickel alloys, 15 plastics, 16 hard rubber, 17 stainless steels, and other ferrous alloys. 18 More recently, a chapter on construction materials in the chemical industry was published in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. 19 On the other hand, enormous developments in the materials science and engineering witnessed in the last decennia have opened new opportunities and possibilities for intensification of chemical processes.…”

“…Traditionally, materials used in chemical engineering operations were primarily materials of construction, and one of the first review papers in that area appeared in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry in 1932 . Shortly after World War II, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry published a series of articles under a common title, “Materials of Construction”, that included aluminum alloys, cements, ceramics, wrought copper and copper-based alloys, elastomers, fibers, iron, mild steels and low alloy steels, nickel and high nickel alloys, plastics, hard rubber, stainless steels, and other ferrous alloys . More recently, a chapter on construction materials in the chemical industry was published in Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry …”