Steel is a metal alloy that is composed principally of iron and carbon.

Steel may also refer to:

Metal and Metallurgy

Specific iron alloys

  • Low alloy steel, steel alloyed with other elements
  • Carbon steel, also called plain carbon steel, a combination of iron and carbon
  • Damascus steel, a variety of steel used between 900 and 1600 for making swords
  • Stainless steel, a variety of steel containing at least 10.5% chromium

Steel grades

  • Steel grades, to classify steels by their composition and physical properties
  • AISI steel grades, American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) standard steel grades

Other metal objects

  • Firesteel for generating of sparks by impacts with flints
  • Honing steel, a rod used for realigning the microscopic edge of blades
  • Steel guitar, a special type of guitar and a special way of playing it
  • Steel, a device held against the strings when playing a steel guitar
  • Sword, sometimes termed "steel" in certain cultures
  • Steel belt, used in many industries such as food, chemical, wood processing and transportation.
  • Steel abrasive, loose particles used for blast cleaning or to improve the properties of metal surfaces

People

  • Steel (surname)
  • Two American professional wrestlers who used the stage name Steel:
  • Sean Morley (born 1971)
  • Kevin Nash (born 1959)
  • Steel (Gladiators UK), stage name used by Zack George on Gladiators

Places

  • Steel Pier, an amusement boardwalk pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • 4713 Steel, a rare-type Hungaria asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt

Arts, entertainment, media

  • Steel (video game), a 1989 science fiction shoot 'em up

Fictional characters

  • Steel (comics), a name used by several fictional characters in DC Comics
  • Steel Brightblade, a fictional character in the Dragonlance novels
  • Steel Wool, a character from Scott the Woz

Film and television

  • Steel (1933 film), an Italian drama film directed by Walter Ruttmann
  • Steel (1979 film), a drama film directed by Steve Carver
  • Steel (1997 film), an American film based on the DC Comics character
  • Steel (2012 film), an Italian drama film directed by Stefano Mordini
  • Steel (TV channel), an Italian TV channel
  • "Steel" (The Twilight Zone), a 1963 television episode

Music

  • Steel (band), a power metal project by Dan Swanö and Opeth members
  • Steel (Battle Beast album), 2012
  • Steel (soundtrack), from the 1997 film

Other

  • Steel (pusher), a Finnish pusher vessel
  • Steel (web browser), a defunct web browser for Android
  • Steel blue, a dark blue-gray color
  • Steel Dome, Turkish air defense system
  • Southern Steel (netball), a New Zealand netball team

See also

  • Steele (disambiguation)
  • Steal (disambiguation)
  • Dr. Steel (disambiguation)
  • Steel Lake (disambiguation)
  • Steel Town (disambiguation)
  • De Stijl
  • Sapphire & Steel, British television series
  • British Steel (album), album by Judas Priest