Comments on: Iron, Aluminum, Carbon, Manganese, and Nickel https://www.isegoria.net/2015/02/iron-aluminum-carbon-manganese-and-nickel/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 14 May 2026 06:12:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2015/02/iron-aluminum-carbon-manganese-and-nickel/comment-page-1/#comment-2126480 Bob Sykes Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:01:27 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37334#comment-2126480 Besides high strength and low cost, one of the great advantages of steel is its ductility. Steel generally fails plastically by bending or stretching rather than fracturing. This is a nice feature in large buildings, because incipient failures given warnings.

Aluminum and titanium are expensive, and they only replace steel in uses where weight is a primary consideration, as in airplanes.

]]> By: Alrenous https://www.isegoria.net/2015/02/iron-aluminum-carbon-manganese-and-nickel/comment-page-1/#comment-2125316 Alrenous Fri, 06 Feb 2015 00:33:45 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37334#comment-2125316 Coat it with titanium and anodize the titanium if you want nifty colours.

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