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Höga lån och för lite inkomst tvingar Fredrik och företaget till konkurs under 1866 men efter några år var företaget på fötter igen. Redan 1871 var företaget den största tillverkaren av gjutjärn i Sverige.

Intensivt experimenterande med Bessemer-processen äger rum i Edsken under den första halvan av 1858. I juli har han lyckats och bestämmer sig för att bygga en ny fabrik samt bostäder åt arbetarna vid Storsjön i Sandviken.

Göran Fredrik Göransson, född i Gävle 1819, ansluter sig till Elfstrand & Co, företaget hans far driver och blir till slut chef där själv. När Elfstrands är nära konkurs köper Göransson ett patent från den engelska uppfinnaren Sir Henry Bessemer.

Huge loans and too little income forced both Fredrik personally and his company into bankruptcy in 1866. But after a few lean years, the company was bought back and steadily grew. By the 1870s the company was the largest producer of pig-iron in Sweden.

Intensive experimentation in Edsken with the Bessemer method for steel production takes place during the first half of 1858. By July that year he has succeeded and decides to build a new factory and accommodation for workers in Sandviken by lake Storsjön.

Göran Fredrik Göransson, born in Gävle in 1819, joins Elfstrand’s, the trading firm his father manages and eventually becomes manager himself. As Elfstrand’s is about to go broke, Göransson buys a decisive patent from the English inventor Sir Henry Bessemer.

An interview with Keith Hottle, Director of Quality & Metallurgy at SMT in Scranton, who has been awarded The ASTM Award of Merit for his long-term contributions to the overall enhancement of excellence in the standardization process within ASTM.

Renewable energy. Guest: Mark Newman

S03E04. Medical applications of stainless alloys by Sandvik Materials pod

S03E03. Nickel-rich austenitic stainless steels by Sandvik Materials pod

S03E02. Precipitation hardened stainless steels by Sandvik Materials pod

S03E01. Metastable austenitic stainless steels by Sandvik Materials pod

S02E04. Martensitic Stainless Steels by Sandvik Materials pod

S02E03. Duplex stainless steels- an interplay between ferrite and austenite by Sandvik Materials pod

S02E02. Ferritic stainless steels-almost immune to stress corrosion by Sandvik Materials pod

S02E01. Austenitic stainless steels - from kitchen sinks to fuel cell cars by Sandvik Materials pod

How moly and tungsten prevent pitting in duplexes.

The birth of stainless: from impossibility in 1911 to reality in 1912.

The advantages of nitrogen as an alloying element in duplexes using modern metallurgical processes.

The discovery and use of nickel and manganese as austenite stabilizers in duplex stainless steels.