weathering steel

steel alloy forming a rust-look finish when exposed to weather
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Summary

weathering steel ranks in the top 0.019% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,633 views/month, #15 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • weathering steel is credited with the discovery of U.S. Steel[2].
  • weathering steel is a type of low-alloy steel[3].
  • weathering steel is a type of weathering steel[4].
  • weathering steel's Commons category is recorded as COR-TEN-Steel[5].
  • weathering steel's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1926[6].
  • weathering steel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Weathering steel[7].
  • weathering steel's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as material=weathering_steel[8].
  • weathering steel's has characteristic is recorded as corrosion resistance[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include low-alloy steel[3] and weathering steel[4].

Why It Matters

weathering steel ranks in the top 0.019% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,633 views/month, #15 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q119892838
    Has use → ['Q860861', 'Q838948']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: type of mixture of chemical entities, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269337|batch #269337]]"
  2. 7w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → ['Q860861', 'Q838948']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has use: sculpture, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269302|batch #269302]]"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Weathering steel
    Svkkl authority id → 0311270-patinujici-oceli
    Has characteristic → corrosion resistance
    Discoverer or inventor → U.S. Steel
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0311270-patinujici-oceli, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
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