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Video Blog: The Four Types of Steel (Part 1)


According to the American Iron & Steel Institute there are four main categories of steel.

Often, our customers ask us about the different types of steel available, and which grade they should use for their project. To make things a little easier, this video blog series will look closer at the Four Types of Steel. The first video in this series focuses on how steel is categorized and the number system used to identify various grades.

Stay tuned for part two, or check out this blog to learn more about the Four Types of Steel.


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Metal Supermarkets is the world’s largest small-quantity metal supplier with 125 brick-and-mortar stores across the US, Canada, and United Kingdom. We are metal experts and have been providing quality customer service and products since 1985.

At Metal Supermarkets, we supply a wide range of metals for a variety of applications. Our stock includes: mild steel, stainless steel, aluminum, tool steel, alloy steel, brass, bronze and copper.

We stock a wide range of shapes including: bars, tubes, sheets, plates and more. And we can cut metal to your exact specifications.

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