Steel rails yog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm kev thauj mus los hauv kev tsheb ciav hlau. Lawv muaj lub zog siab thiab hnav tsis kam thiab tuaj yeem tiv taus lub zog hnyav thiab nquag cuam tshuam ntawm cov tsheb ciav hlau. Nws feem ntau yog ua los ntawm cov pa roj carbon steel uas tau kho cua sov kom nce hardness thiab toughness. Kev tsim ntawm cov ntsia hlau ua kom muaj kev ruaj ntseg zoo thiab muaj kev nyab xeeb, thiab tuaj yeem txo qis kev co thiab suab nrov thaum tsheb ciav hlau khiav. Tsis tas li ntawd, cov huab cua tsis kam ntawm cov ntsia hlau ua rau lawv muaj kev ua haujlwm zoo hauv ntau yam kev nyab xeeb thiab tsim nyog rau kev siv mus ntev. Zuag qhia tag nrho, cov tsheb ciav hlau yog lub hauv paus tseem ceeb rau kev ua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab ua haujlwm zoo ntawm kev tsheb ciav hlau.