{"id":12341,"date":"2025-09-30T17:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/?page_id=12341"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:09:28","slug":"what-is-steel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/glossaire-industriel\/quest-ce-que-lacier\/","title":{"rendered":"What is steel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"678\">Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, widely used in industry for its mechanical properties, strength and versatility.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"714\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>Definition of steel<\/h2>\n<p>L\u2019<strong>steel<\/strong> is a metal alloy consisting mainly of iron and carbon (less than 2 %). The addition of carbon considerably improves mechanical strength and hardness compared to pure iron.<\/p>\n<h2>Types of steel<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mild steels<\/strong> low carbon content, easy to weld and work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alloy steels<\/strong> addition of elements such as chromium, nickel or manganese.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stainless steels<\/strong> corrosion-resistant thanks to chromium.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Special steels<\/strong> refractory, tool or high-strength steels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Properties<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mechanical resistance<\/strong> high.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ductility<\/strong> and malleability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Solderability<\/strong> variable according to composition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Durability<\/strong> in controlled environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Industrial applications<\/h2>\n<p>Steel is omnipresent in industry:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Building<\/strong> structures, metal frameworks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transport<\/strong> automobiles, ships, aircraft.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Energy<\/strong> pipelines, turbines, power plants.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tools<\/strong> machines, molds, cutting tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, widely used in industry for its mechanical properties, strength and versatility.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12324,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"definition":[99],"class_list":["post-12341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","definition-definition"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12341\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"definition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sxe-consulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definition?post=12341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}