Abstract
The Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) list has been defined based on economic importance and supply risk by the European Commission. This review paper describes two issues regarding critical raw materials: the possibilities of their substitution in iron-based alloys and the use of ironbased alloys instead of other materials in order to save CRMs. This review covers strategies for saving chromium in stainless steel, substitution or lowering the amounts of carbide-forming elements (especially tungsten and vanadium) in tool steel and alternative iron-based CRM-free and low-CRM materials: austempered ductile cast iron, high-temperature alloys based on intermetallics of iron and sintered diamond tools with an iron-containing low-cobalt binder.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 899 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-36 |
Number of pages | 36 |
Journal | Materials |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Feb 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Alloy
- Critical raw materials
- Iron
- Substitution
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics