Stainless Steels; Past, Present and Future
Abstract
Stainless steel (SS) alloys are being used in different industrial applications due to their excellent corrosion resistance and mechanical properties. Over the years, there is a consistent growth in SS production to fulfil the growing industrial demands and with an increase of 10.6% than the previous year, it has reached up to 56.3 million tons in 2021. This webinar will discuss the historical development of stainless-steel alloys, ongoing research on lean stainless steels and future prospects both in term of alloy development and applications.
Speaker
Dr. Ihsan ulhaq Toor
Dr Ihsan ulhaq Toor is working in the areas of materials electrochemistry at Mechanical Engineering department, KFUPM and an affiliate of “Interdisciplinary Research Center (IRC) for Advanced Materials” KFUPM. He has completed his PhD in 2008 from KAIST and later joined “Coating & Corrosion Research Center” of Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), South Korea. Dr. Ihsan’s research focus is on the development of corrosion resistant materials and his ongoing research activities include but not limited to the “development of stainless-steel alloys, flow accelerated corrosion/Erosion-corrosion studies” and “environmental induced cracking (EIC)” etc. He has completed numerous research projects in these research area and published/presented his work in reputed international journals and conferences.