SMS: Stainless Metric Stock - The UK's leading distributer of metric stainless steel
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Units 10/11/11a Waddington Way,
Aldwarke Wharfe Business Park,
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 3SH

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The UK’s leading distributor of metric stainless steel

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The tensile load above which a material ceases to behave elastically and will undergo permanent deformation. Measured in Newtons per square mm (Nmm-2) or Mega-Pascals (MPa).