Re: [MV] Help! Muriatic acid and aluminum don`t mix!!

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Sep 29 2004 - 15:18:51 PDT


At 5:28 PM -0400 9/29/04, DDoyle9570@aol.com wrote:
>
>It has been a number of years since I sat in a
>college classroom a studied work hardening, cold
>working and nitrogen embrittlement...but all of
>these things are very real, and have been of
>concern to engineers for ages. However, since
>you seem to think engineers know nothing,
>perhaps you should check with an old-time
>blacksmith who does not have a college
>education. He can verify this.

So blasting media will work harden a piece of
spring steel and cause it to become brittle? How
much does it take. What size gauge spring wire?

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