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To: Square_Dealings who wrote (82990)	3/7/2002 9:54:17 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116979

<<Is silver a component of steel? >> In general I think any standard silver steel alloy use would be more correctly termed as "was" not "Is". There seem to be several stainless steels which contain a limited amount of silver. I would guess the change is because surgical instruments are now made of stainless. I recalled Sheffeld steel was silver but could find no reference in my Machinery's Hand Book but my father's (much older)Millwright's Handbook speaks of it. then I found this on-line reference from one of my often used links "Silver-steel Silver-steel is an alloy of one part silver and 500 parts Silver-steels first made around 1822 and was adopted by the cutlers of Sheffield, England for making fine razors, surgical instruments etc." rocksandminerals.com

To: Square_Dealings who wrote (82990)	3/7/2002 10:29:45 AM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116979

Not that I am aware of for most steel. A rather expensive alloy. If you silver solder however, it is very strong because the silver atoms alloy with the steel to form an atomic bond. Alloys of steel that are popular, are copper, (for break drums, heat dissipation, strength in casting), vanadium, (body metal for strength), carbon (makes steel from iron), silicon (hardness coating) nitrogen (not really an alloy but a hardness coating), columbium, (heat resistance), niobium, heat resistance, corrosion resistance, nickel and chrome, (strength, heat resistance, corrosion resistance.). Lead, titanium, manganase (hardness, abrasion resistance), bismuth, tungsten, molybedenum, aluminum, tantalum, and cobalt all have their alloying uses. Calcium is added to steel to desulphurize and dephosphorize it. Silver is used for medical and dental equipment, in bearing metals, solder, mirrors, and as a metal plating. It is used widely in electronics because the oxide is as conductive as the metal. EC<:-}