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- 1811, Coleford, Gloucestershire, Eng.
- Died:
- January 1891, Coleford (aged 80)
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Robert Forester Mushet
British steelmaker
Robert Forester Mushet (born 1811, Coleford, Gloucestershire, Eng.ādied January 1891, Coleford) was a British steelmaker. He was the son of the ironmaster David Mushet. Robertās discovery in 1868 that adding tungsten to steel greatly increases its hardness even after air cooling produced the first commercial steel alloy, a material that formed the basis for the development of tool steels for the machining of metals. Mushet also discovered that the addition of manganese to steel produced by the Bessemer process improved the steelās ability to withstand rolling and forging at high temperatures.
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