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    What was discovered by accident when attempting to make a better gun barrel?

    Question #22465. Asked by wheeler1. (Sep 07 02 10:51 PM)


    wheeler1

    		I have found the correct answer. The answer is stainless steel.

    Sep 20 02, 1:57 AM
    Brainy Blonde

    		wheeler1, not that I doubt the answer, but can you give us your source.
    This question as been driving me crazy looking for the answer!!


    Sep 20 02, 3:34 AM
    Kainantu

    		There you are BB
    Rest in peace.

    Stainless steel was discovered to be 'stainless' during World War I by an English metallurgist named Harry Brearly. While trying to find an alloy that would protect cannon bores in England, he discovered that when chromium was added to low carbon steel, the steel became stain resistant
    http://www.worldhomecenter.com/info/misc/historyOfStainlessSteel/

    stainless steel was discovered when someone made a batch of steel with too much chromium in it, and threw it on the scrap heap. Some months later, someone else noticed it wasn't rusting... and the rest is history.
    http://www2b.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn-old/archive2000/posts/April/topic52443.shtm

    Stainless steel was discovered to be 'stainless' during World War I by an English metallurgist named Harry Brearly. While trying to find an alloy that would protect cannon bores in England, he discovered that when chromium was added to low-carbon steel, the steel became stain resistant
    http://www.feltmagazine.com/stainless.html

    Sep 22 02, 12:10 AM
    Brainy Blonde

    		Thank you Kainantu!!

    Sep 24 02, 7:46 AM

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