Meaning of alloy steel | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level