An Investigation of Some Silver Alloy Steels
Year: 2025
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The object of this research project was to develop an alloy steel containing an appreciable amount of silver and possessing desirable properties. Investigation revealed that the solubility of silver alone in steel was exceedingly small, less than 0.02 per cent. It was necessary, therefore, to develop some means of increasing the solubility of silver in steel. By alloying silver with copper before adding to steel, it was found that 0.3 per cent silver could be alloyed with the steel. An investigation was conducted on some of the properties of the silver copper steels. The results indicate that additions of silver with copper have little effect on the thermal critical temperatures, on some of the mechanical properties, on the corrosion resistance, on the austenitic grain size, and on the microstructure of 0.15 per cent and 0.35 per cent carbon steels.
Source: Caltech Library
DOI: 10.7907/v2ch-sj29
Author: Wetmore, William Owen
Institution: California Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6903019833
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