Leon Gillet, a French scientist, had documented the constitution of stainless steel in 1904. He just noted the composition as well as the properties of his alloy mix but he did not recognize the corrosive resistance of the material. In 1911, Philip Monnartz published the first detailed work on the corrosion resistance of stainless steel. After a year, 2 Germans at the Krupp Iron Works patented the 1st authentic stainless steel.
Who’s Given Credit For The Discovery Of Stainless Steel?
In 1907, Harry Brearley was in charge of the Brown-Firth Research Laboratory in Sheffield, England. The lab then was investigating ways on how to eliminate rust in gun barrels. In June 4, 1912, Mr. Brearley noticed that a discarded steel sample from an earlier test was not rusting but the other samples were, by accident . It was a chrome alloy steel which is more resistant to rust. On August 20, 1912, his stainless steel was cast for the very first time. Thus, he was the one credited for the discovery of the stainless steel.
Immediately after, Brearley set out his new invention out to the market. He called his invention the new metal rustless steel. Ernest Stuart, a manufacturer who did not hesitate to look into Brearley’s invention, tested the material in vinegar, and he came up with a more marketable name which is “stainless steel”.
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