steel
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Summary
steel is an alloy[1]. steel ranks in the top 2% of alloy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,495 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: ferroalloy[3]
- Commons category: Steel[4]
- Color: grey[5]
- Has part(s): iron[6], carbon[7]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1865[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Steel[9], Category:Steels[10]
- Commons gallery: Steel[11]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], The New Student's Reference Work[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[16]
- Topic has template: Template:Steels[17]
- Different from: Çelik[18], Acél[19], wrought iron[20], cast iron[21]
- Density: 7850 kilogram per cubic metre[22]
- Fabrication method: steelmaking[23]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q135934329[24]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for steel include Azovstal[25], a business[26], in Russia[27], founded in 1933[28], headquartered in Mariupol[29]; Pact of Steel[30], a contract[31], in Germany[32]; 1943 steel cent[33], a coin type[34], in United States[35]; steel blue[36], a color[37]; Baoshan Iron & Steel[38], a business[39], in People's Republic of China[40], founded in 2000[41], headquartered in Shanghai[42]; Steelton[43], a borough of Pennsylvania[44], in United States[45], founded in 1866[46]; and Nanjing Iron and Steel Company Limited[47], a business[48], in People's Republic of China[49], founded in 1999[50], headquartered in Nanjing[51].
Why It Matters
steel has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] steel is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for steel include Azovstal[25], a business[26], in Russia[27], founded in 1933[28], headquartered in Mariupol[29]; Pact of Steel[30], a contract[31], in Germany[32]; 1943 steel cent[33], a coin type[34], in United States[35]; steel blue[36], a color[37]; Baoshan Iron & Steel[38], a business[39], in People's Republic of China[40], founded in 2000[41], headquartered in Shanghai[42]; and Steelton[43], a borough of Pennsylvania[44], in United States[45], founded in 1866[46].