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[[Category:Materials]]

=Introduction=

=Challenges=

=Approaches=
======Mild steels======
======Tool steels======
Tool steel refers to a variety of carbon steel and alloy steel that are particularly well-suited to be made into tools. Their suitability comes from their distinctive hardness, resistance to abrasion and deformation, and their ability to hold a cutting edge at elevated temperatures. As a result, tool steels are suited for use in the shaping of other materials.

Cold-work steels are further subdivided into:
  * Air-hardening
  * Medium-alloy cold-work steels
  * High-carbon, high-chromium cold-work steels
  * Oil-hardening cold-work steels

Hot work steels are subdivided into:
  * Chromium
  * Tungsten
  * Molybdenum hot work steels

High-speed tool steels are divided into:
  * Molybdenum
  * Tungsten
  * Intermediate high-speed steels

Other types of tool steels include:
  * Water-hardening tool steels
  * Shock-resistant tool steels
  * Low-carbon tool steels
  * Low-alloy special purpose tool steels.

======Spring steels======
=References=
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_steel|Wikipedia: Tool steel]]
  * [[https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6138|Tool Steel Classifications]]