布雷尔利

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布雷尔利请他的老板用这种神奇的合金钢来批量生产餐具，却因为生产成本高利润低遭到拒绝。

Brearley begged his bosses to manufacture cutlery using the miraculous new alloy , but they nixed the idea as unprofitable .
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布雷尔利出身贫困，12岁时就在位于英国谢尔菲德的福生钢厂做学徒工。

Born into poverty , Brearley began apprenticing at the steelworks of Thomas Firth and Sons in Sheffield , England when he was 12 .
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布雷尔利对此感到奇怪，翻看实验记录后发现，这种铬含量为12%的“不锈钢”，会在表面形成一层保护膜，避免在空气中被氧化腐蚀。

Searching his notes , he found the precise formula for stainless or " rustless " steel - 12 percent chromium formed a protective layer on steel when exposed to oxygen .
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尽管布雷尔利偶然发明不锈钢在先，但不锈钢的专利权却被一家德国工厂抢先注册，但是社会仍认为他是20世纪最重要金属的发明者。

A German firm beat Brearley to the patent , but he was eventually recognized as the original - if accidental - inventor of the most important metal of the 20th century .