Iron Alloys

List of Iron Alloys

Steel, like the metal used in this ruler, is an iron alloy.
Steel, like the metal used in this ruler, is an iron alloy. Ejay, Creative Commons License
by Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D.
Updated March 06, 2017

This is a list of iron alloys. Included are various types of iron and steel.

  • Steel (carbon)
    • Stainless steel (chromium, nickel)
      • AL-6XN
      • Alloy 20
      • Celestrium
      • Marine grade stainless
      • Martensitic stainless steel
      • Surgical stainless steel (chromium, molybdenum, nickel)
    • Silicon steel (silicon)
    • Tool steel (tungsten or manganese)
    • Bulat steel
    • Chromoly (chromium, molybdenum)
    • Crucible steel
    • Damascus steel
    • HSLA steel
    • High speed steel
    • Maraging steel
    • Reynolds 531
    • Wootz steel
  • Iron
    • Anthracite iron (carbon)
    • Cast iron (carbon)
    • Pig iron (carbon)
    • Wrought iron (carbon)
  • Fernico (nickel, cobalt)
  • Elinvar (nickel, chromium)
  • Invar (nickel)
  • Kovar (cobalt)
  • Spiegeleisen (manganese, carbon, silicon)
  • Ferroalloys
    • Ferroboron
    • Ferrochrome (chromium)
    • Ferromagnesium
    • Ferromanganese
    • Ferromolybdenum
    • Ferronickel
    • Ferrophosphorus
    • Ferrotitanium
    • Ferrovanadium
    • Ferrosilicon
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