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SUMMARY ①                                                                      Korea Iron & Steel Association

















                                                                                                                                                                                        Few people know
             How has steel impacted human societies?                                                                                                                                 that steel is used in car
             Steel products manufactured at steel mills are used as important materials not only in construction, automobiles,   ※ Ratio of steel types produced and consumed in Korea (2019)  tires and spacesuits!
             shipbuilding, machinery and home appliances, but also in medicine and the arts.                                                                                           I didn't know either.
             This is why steel is often called the staple industrial material. Let’s take a look at how steel is used in everyday life as
                                                                                                                     Construction                                     3 1. 6 %
                                                                                                                                                                      31.6 %
             well as across industries.
                                                                                                                           Auto                                  2 8 . 9 %
                                                                                                                                                                 28.9 %
                                                                                                                      Shipbuilding                     1 9.6 %
                                                                                                                                                       19.6 %
                                                                                                                 General machinery  3 .1 %
                                                                                                                                  3.1 %
                                                                                                                          Other                    1 6 .8 %
                                                                                                                                                   16.8 %
                                                                                                                                16.8% (electrical and electronics, metal assembly, home appliances, etc.)















           1.  In the construction of   2.    In transportation, such as   3.  In healthcare facilities,                 4.   In scientific fields, such as   5.  In the home, such as   6.
                                                                                                                                                                                        In art and
                                                                                                                                                           living room, kitchen, and
                                              automobiles and trains
                                                                                                                                                                                        music
               residential apartments,
                                                                                                                              aerospace
                                                                          such as hospitals and
               commercial buildings, bridges                              clinics                                                                          bathroom
               and so on
           It is thanks to steel that we can enjoy   Modes of transportation, such as   Today’s advances in medical      Iron is a basic material in science   Is steel applied only to buildings,   Did you know that steel is found
           tall buildings, pylons, and ornate   automobiles, trains, ships and airplanes   technology are jaw-dropping,   and engineering. A variety of special   bridges, automobiles, and spacecraft?   in musical instruments and works of
           arched bridges. Before steel was used   that helped to advance human   compared to what was possible          metals and alloys, such as stainless   Certainly not. Steel permeates even   art? Piano keys are tied to specially
           as building material, bricks, wood and   civilization, also uses steel. In particular,   only 100 years ago. Steel played an   steel and permalloy (a nickel and iron   the smallest items used in daily life. It   designed metal strings. Most of the
           concrete were used. In the 1860s, the   the ‘train’ that was introduced during   important role in medicine, too. Steel   alloy) are used in essential lifestyle   is found in home appliances, such as   small and large sculptures found
           ‘reinforced concrete’ was introduced,   the Industrial Revolution and the   is used for surgical and treatment   commodities, such as computers and   TVs and refrigerators, shiny tableware   in parks and art galleries are made
           making ‘steel structures’ more   ‘automobile,’ billed as the greatest   instruments and hospital equipment.   mobile phones; they are also used   and in bathroom fixtures, like faucets   from stainless steel.
           prevalent for big bridges and 100-story   invention of the 20th century, made   ‘Stainless steel’ is a metal alloy that is   in satellites and spacecraft. Did you   and shower heads. Together, they bring
           skyscrapers.                 it possible to move quickly and safely   widely used in medicine because it      know that astronauts wear ‘steel fibers’   comfort and convenience to our lives.
                                        over long distances and to facilitate   does not harm the human body and         space suits made from iron?
           A piece of
                                                                                                                            A piece of
           토막지식                         exchange between countries through   resists deformation.                           토막지식
           knowledge                                                                                                        knowledge
                                        trade. Now they’re essential parts of our
                                        lives.
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