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25th February 2021 7:35 am 24th February 2021 12:09 pm Engineers at Sheffield University claim to have made a breakthrough in steel manufacturing that has potential to lower carbon emissions in the automotive industry. Image: Adobestock The team is led by Professor Mark Rainforth and Dr Junheng Gao from the university’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Published in the journal Nature, the team’s study details a new method of making lightweight, high strength steel that ...

Date Time Breakthrough in steel manufacturing could lower carbon emissions in car industry University of Sheffield engineers have developed a new way of making lightweight, high strength steel that can be easily adapted to mass manufacturing New way of making steel could help car manufacturers who are looking to use lightweight, high strength steel to make their vehicles lighter and more sustainable Sheffield method uses copper – an element previously cast aside by the steel industry because ...