3. Creep-resistant steels
Before describing the different steel grades used in creep-resistant constructions, it is useful to briefly recall the metallurgical factors that determine a metal's creep resistance.
First and foremost, it is interesting to situate the temperature limits usually considered (0.3 T
s
and 0.8 T
s
) in relation to the melting start temperature (the solidus) of steels. We know that iron melts at 1,536 C; for many steels, we can assume that their melting start temperature T
s
is between 1,500 and 1,400 C, which leads to the table
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