ISSF Publications

Specifiers and fabricators requiring the unique combination of high corrosion resistance and outstanding material strength provided by duplex stainless steels now have freely available to them a definitive guide to selecting and working with duplex grades.

A major update of ‘Practical Guidelines for the fabrication of Duplex Stainless Steels’ brings together in one publication experience from around the world. It goes beyond the first and second generations of these materials also taking into account the latest developments in lean duplex and hyper duplex grades. This brochure is available in English and Chinese.

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In under four minutes, this video shows stainless steel as a champion of recycling, with around 90% of end-of-life stainless steel being collected and recycled into new stainless steel – without loss of quality.  Durability and recyclability are two of the key contributions which stainless steel makes to sustainability.

This video is available in 18 languages. Clicking on the language will open the video: Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (Castilian and Mexican), Swedish, Thai and Turkish

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 18 languages. Clicking on the language will open the video: Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (Castilian and Mexican), Swedish, Thai and Turkish

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.

This video is available in 18 languages. Clicking on the language will open the video: Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (Castilian and Mexican), Swedish, Thai and Turkish

This campaign is designed to inform the public that stainless steel is one of the world’s most recycled materials and that it is recycled more than paper or glass.

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The non-corrosive properties of stainless steel long products are well known. But stainless long products have many other properties that make them ideal for use in a wide range of environments and applications. This new brochure from ISSF looks at a range of applications that exploit these properties.

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ISSF has published the third edition of our Book of New Applications. The 2009 edition includes examples of more than 60 stainless steel applications from around the world. Projects covered range from the refurbishment of St Mary’s Cathedral in Tokyo to stainless steel mobile phones and industrial PCs.

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The Ferritic Solution provides an overview of the properties of ferritic stainless steels, the advantages of using them and the applications where they can be used. The Ferritic Solution is a crucial reference document for stainless steel users, specifiers and producers.
This brochure is available in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish

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This leaflet answers some basic questions on stainless steel rebar: Why stainless steel reinforcing bar? What are the benefits? Is it cost-effective? This leaflet is available in English, Italian and Spanish

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The Ferritic Solution provides an overview of the properties of ferritic stainless steels, the advantages of using them and the applications where they can be used. The Ferritic Solution is a crucial reference document for stainless steel users, specifiers and producers.

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The sugar industry is a striking case where ferritic stainless steels are a clearly superior and relatively low-cost alternative to the commonly-used carbon steels. From a practical point of view, the resistance of these steels to corrosion and abrasion and their strength put them streets ahead. Then, since they contain no nickel, ferritics are price-stable and relatively inexpensive. These factors combined add up to impressive Life Cycle Cost benefits.

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Today, stainless steel is well-known for its presence in building envelopes. These often use austenitic grades. For interior uses, however, an austenitic grade often seems a rather luxurious solution. Less expensive, more stable in price but possessing fine properties, ferritic grades are the perfect alternative

for indoor use.

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The world of commercial food equipment has been particularly hit by the volatile nickel price and its effect on the price of nickel-containing stainless steels. The inevitable swing away from nickel-containing grades towards nickel-free ‘ferritic’ grades is well in motion and, happily, ferritics have proved the perfect technical and economic answer in many application fields.

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The new millennium brings with it a new level of concern about the ‘cost’ of energy. This means not just the ever-rising financial cost to consumers but the cost to the planet of the way we generate our energy, consume non-renewable fuels and pollute our environment in the process.

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This booklet proclaims the merits of the so-called ‘utility’ 12% chromium stainless steels in the construction of freight wagons and containers. It is part of an ISSF drive to inform existing and potential users of stainless steel about ferritic grades of stainless steel.

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This DVD introduces the best practice in cleaning and disinfecting stainless steel commercial food equipment. There are 7 examples: shiny items, work surfaces, fridge, oven, cooking top, fryer, floor.

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This booklet is a technical guide to the salt spray test and its interpretation with stainless steel.

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In view of the increasing application of solar systems worldwide, the aim of this report is to give an overview of the state of the art regarding solar systems and possibilities for the application of stainless steel in this context.

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This brochure details current best practice and stainless steel solutions to harness the energy of the sun. It provides designers with information about current stainless steel options for solar energy capture and an overview of the technical properties of stainless steel.

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This brochure introduces a highway maintenance building was developed as a replacement for an existing maintenance building on the same site. The client, État de Vaud, organised an architectural competition for the design of the new building. For the first time in western Switzerland, clear sustainability demands were outlined in an architectural competition. The client demanded that the ecological, energy and economic aspects of sustainability should be considered in the design of the building.

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In this case study we want to show how a stainless steel-based solution was used in a photovoltaic application. Thin stainless steel foil serves as a substrate for the photovoltaic cells.

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Unlike conventional steel rebar, stainless steel rebar does not corrode and is an ideal solution for harsh environments.

These posters give an overview of the why, when, where and how of stainless steel reinforcing bar.

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ISSF’s Annual Review contains an overview of the work of the Forum in the past year. This year the publication illustrated with stainless steel buildings that contribute to their urban landscapes.

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ISSF has published its second reference to new stainless steel applications. The Book of New Applications contains more than 60 applications from around the world. Sectors such as building and construction, industrial machinery and transport are covered. This brochure is available in English and Russian,
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The Book of New Applications contains more than 60 applications from around the world. Sectors such as building and construction, industrial machinery and transport are covered.
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The ISSF profile gives an overview of the activities of ISSF.
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This technical booklet contains a guide to chrome-manganese austenitic stainless steels and advice for potential users. Available in English or Chinese.

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The proceedings of ISSF's 12th annual conference are available on CD. The conference was held in Paris, France from 17 to 20 May 2008.
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