alloy steel en · NOUN
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(countable, uncountable) Any of many steels whose alloy composition includes other elements besides the iron and carbon that all steels have, in order to improve the mechanical properties of the material.
The connecting rods are one-piece forgings of alloy steel with a copper/lead steel-backed bearing at the large end and a phosphor-bronze bush at the small end.
1958 April 14, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| alloy steels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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de Stahllegierung (Translations) · ja 合金鋼 (Translations) · pl stal stopowa (Translations)