27/04/2016
What Are the Top 10 Strongest Metals on Earth?
Understanding almost all metals in use today are in an alloyed form rather than a pure state it may be surprising to know the top four metals are all iron alloys: maraging steel, which has high contents of nickel, cobalt, and molybdenum; some of the stainless steel alloys with differing amounts of chromium, silicon, nickel, and manganese; other steel alloys with smaller amounts of nickel and traces of molybdenum and carbon; and an alloy called steel iron-nickel, which has some nickel and a trace of carbon.
The fifth strongest metal is an alloy called inconel, which is mostly nickel, but has large amounts of chromium and iron as well, and smaller amounts of niobium, molybdenum, titanium, and aluminum.
The sixth strongest metal is another iron alloy, tool steel, with tungsten, molybdenum, chromium and vanadium added.
No. 7 is a tungsten alloy with nickel and copper.
Eight and nine are a titanium alloy with aluminum added, and a cobalt-chromium alloy with additions of tungsten, nickel, and carbon.
No. 10 on both lists is pure titanium.
And as technology continues to change the way we work and the materials we use, I have no doubt this list will certainly change over the years to come -
Year 2050 - No. 1 strongest metal on earth - alien steel LOL
