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What Are Universal Beams & Universal Columns?

When it comes to serious structural steel support and high load-bearing building construction, universal beams (UB) and universal columns (UC) are vital for your upcoming project. But these significant structural components aren't identical - or indeed interchangeable

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What's The Difference Between High Yield Steel & Mild Steel?

Whatever industry you’re in, construction projects you’re undertaking or DIY jobs you’re trying to complete, metalworkers of every experience level need to know their high yield from their mild steel. When it comes to choosing different metals for practical,

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What Is The Rarest Metal On Earth?

Rarity is a term that is often overused and readily applied to many aspects of our everyday lives. However, the tangibly rare - that which we can touch, see and feel - exists not only in human experience but in the natural world around us.

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What Is ERW Steel Tube?

If you're baffled by the 'ERW' initials of our popular steel products, Austen Knapman will guide you through the definitions and difference behind one of the most workable and reliable metal tubing materials out there.

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5 Crucial Ways To Prevent Metal Corrosion

A perennial problem for experienced metallurgists, metalwork hobbyists and DIY-ers - metal corrosion cannot be reversed, but it can be avoided. Those familiar flaking surfaces and notorious patinas are telltale signs that metal corrosion has set in, but what

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Hot Rolled Steel Or Cold Rolled Steel: What's The Difference?

From mild to bright, galvanised to reinforcement... Steel comes in many shapes, sizes, finishes and manufacturing processes. One of the most frequently asked questions on this particular metal material matter is: what is the difference between hot rolled and

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