Lasting value videos

The lasting value videos touch upon 3 topics relating to stainless steels: what stainless steels are, what self-passivation is and why stainless steels are a champion of recycling.

Stainless steel: recycled for lasting value

Stainless steels are a champion of recycling, with around 95% of end-of-life stainless steels being collected and recycled into new stainless steels without loss of quality. Durability and recyclability are two of the key contributions which stainless steels makes to sustainability.

You can watch the video in English with subtitles in English or Chinese.

Published 30 April 2024

Stainless steel: alloyed for lasting value

An entertaining explanation of what stainless steels are — iron-chromium alloys, whose range of applications can be extended by adding further elements like nickel or molybdenum.

The video is available in Czech, Chinese, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Mexican), Swedish, Thai and Turkish.

Published 22 July 2020

Stainless steel: self-repairing for lasting value

An entertaining, easy-to-understand explanation of the phenomenon of passivation, which is the reason for the corrosion resistance properties of stainless steel.

This video is available in Czech, Chinese, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Mexican), Swedish, Thai and Turkish.

Published 22 July 2020