{"id":4555,"date":"2024-08-13T09:42:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T07:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/2024\/08\/13\/brearley-the-father-of-stainless-steel\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T09:42:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T07:42:51","slug":"brearley-the-father-of-stainless-steel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virdex.it\/en\/2024\/08\/13\/brearley-the-father-of-stainless-steel\/","title":{"rendered":"Brearley: the Father of Stainless Steel"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text text_larger=”no”][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_larger=”no”]Harry Brearley<\/strong><\/a> was a metallurgist, born and raised in Sheffield, UK between XIX and XX century.<\/p>\n

He was taught this job by his father when he was only 12 years old. Not something unusual for sure in a city still known today as the European Capital of Metallurgy.<\/p>\n

During the period immediately before the Great War, Western countries’ governments spent a huge portion of their budget on military expenses.
\nArms manufacturing was quite a blooming market for metal fabrication companies.<\/p>\n

He then decided to research a new material for the weapons barrels, which could resist erosion due to the high temperatures.<\/p>\n

One day, he was amazed at one particular alloy.<\/p>\n

When he was about to etch this in a highly corrosive mineral acid, he discovered it was overly resistant to many acid solutions.<\/p>\n

So, here’s Brearley’s idea: testing it to those acids very common in a kitchen, as such vinegar, tomato, and lemon juice, and then make of this a new material for cutlery, pans and all sorts of catering equipment.<\/p>\n

A new material that could finally avoid unhygienic rusting.<\/p>\n

So no sooner said than done.<\/p>\n

Rustless steel<\/em> (Brearley was convinced to change its name to stainless steel<\/em>\u00a0soon) has been, since then, the backbone of the catering equipment business! Including the extractor canopies<\/strong> of course.<\/p>\n

And do you know Aluminox<\/strong><\/a> can provide your hood both in stainless steel AISI 304 and AISI 430<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Well\u2026. You do know it now![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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