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In steels, silicon as an alloying element:
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- 1improves fatigue strength, makes the steel more resistant to shock and corrosion, increases tensile strength but has no effect on ductility
- 2makes the steel more resistant to corrosion, wear and abrasion
- 3improves creep strength under dynamic loadin g and at high-temperature conditions
- 4acts as a deoxidising agent, improves the surface grain structure, increases toughness and promotes magnetic properties✓
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acts as a deoxidising agent, improves the surface grain structure, increases toughness and promotes magnetic properties
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