Silicon

Silicon is present in most steels up to around 0.35% for the deoxidation process. However, higher additions between 1% and 2% are used in production of spring steels. Transformer cores also utilise higher levels of silicon in conjunction with low carbon...

Zirconium is a highly reactive element and forms stable compounds with oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur and carbon. It can be used as a de-oxidant, to modify non-metallic inclusions and to fix uncombined nitrogen particularly in boron steels. Other sizes...

Silicon Metal is widely used in aluminium alloys to improve castability. In addition, it combines with other elements to improve the alloy's strength and to enable heat treatment.