On 6/29/06, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Good find on the phase diagram Charlie. To pick a nit, if the consistency and structural integrity at that temp was actually the same as well-chewed gum, I don't think that blacksmiths would have required big hammers and big arms. :-) Hyperbola aside, I presume that you have no difficulty with the multiple references to about a factor of 2 reduction in yield strength at that temperature.
Even if it is soft, it's still heavy... and the hammers aren't just for shaping it, they are for annealing, which requires kinetic energy. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
