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Nickel steel   /nˈɪkəl stil/   Listen
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Nickel steel  n.  A kind of cast steel containing nickel, which greatly increases its strength. It is used for armor plate, bicycle tubing, propeller shafts, etc.






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"Nickel steel" Quotes from Famous Books



... nickel steel to the attack of water increases with the nickel contents. The least expanding alloys, containing about 36 per cent. of nickel, are sufficiently unassailable, and can be exposed for months to air saturated ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 • Various

... made one very interesting experiment a few days ago in the interest of a large bicycle company which sent to him specimens of carbon steel and nickel steel for the purpose of having him test them with the Roentgen rays, and see if they showed any radical differences in the crystalline structure. Photographs were taken as desired, but at the time of my visit only negative results had ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 • Various



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