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EMW Steel Service | Glossary

You can find all glossary entries in the following overview

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Bake-hardening steel

Bake-hardening steel refers to a type of steel that increases its yield strength through a special post-treatment process called ‘bake hardening’.

 

 

 

 

 

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Blue hydrogen

Blue hydrogen is produced from the splitting of methane using a process called steam methane reforming (SMR).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism)

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an instrument of the European Union (EU).

 

 

 

 

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Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU)

Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) describes technologies and processes that aim to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial exhaust gases or the atmosphere.

 

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Carbon direct avoidance

Carbon direct avoidance (CDA) refers to technologies and methods that aim to avoid CO2 emissions directly at the source.

 

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Direct reduction

Direct reduction is a process for producing sponge iron from iron ore. This is then further processed into steel in an electric arc furnace.

 

 

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Dual-phase steel

Dual-phase steel, a term that encompasses both DP steel and the newer DH steel, is a special type of high-strength steel.

 

 

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Electric arc furnace (EAF)

An electric arc furnace (EAF) is a central facility in steel production that is used specifically in the electric steel process.

 

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Thin sheet metal

The term thin sheet metal refers to steel sheets with thicknesses of up to 3 millimetres, which are produced using special rolling processes.

 

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Flat steel

The term ‘flat steel’ is used as a generic term for thin sheets (< 3 mm) and thick sheets (> 3 mm).

 

 

 

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High-strength steel

High-strength steel is a special category of steel.

 

 

 

 

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IF steel

IF (interstitial-free) steels are specially treated steel grades characterised by excellent formability and extremely low carbon content.

 

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Magnelis

Magnelis® is an innovative metal coating consisting of a zinc-aluminium-magnesium alloy.

 

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Microalloyed steel

Microalloyed steel is characterised by improved strength compared to unalloyed steel grades.

 

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TRIP steel

TRIP steel, short for ‘TRansformation Induced Plasticity’ steel, is a special type of multiphase steel.

 

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