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COR-TEN STEEL [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferrous Alloys
CONT

The earliest of the present-day HSLA [High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels] was "COR-TEN" brand, a steel with excellent atmospheric corrosion resistance, which was introduced by United States Steel in 1933 ... COR-TEN steel and other corrosion-resistant HSLA steels have been used for exposed members of buildings because the architects desired the appearance of the tightly adherent oxide coating that forms on this steel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alliages ferreux
CONT

[...] Princeton University lui commande sa première sculpture monumentale en acier cor-ten.

CONT

Depuis toujours Manuel Torres imagine et crée aussi des pièces utilitaires en fer, acier inox, cor-ten et laiton, dont des cheminées, meubles, grilles et fontaines-sculptures.

CONT

Sculpture en acier patinable (cor-ten).

Spanish

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