I don't believe we use "managese" steels to do anything with Ron :) And no, we don't call it Cro-Moly here in the states. They are different alloys and have different physical properties.
On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Ron Mc <[email protected]> wrote: > ok Steve, I was wrong and your're wrong-headed, what the hell. In the US > we call that C-Mo steel and don't think too much of its properties. > Managese steel is a different animal, we make car crushing hammers out of > it. > > On Thursday, June 19, 2014 12:38:31 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> On 06/19/2014 10:30 AM, Ron Mc wrote: >> >> 531 is the Reynolds brand name for their first grade of alloy steel >> (Cr-Mo) high-strength tubing. It came in straight gauge and double butted >> lengths of different thickness. >> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_531 >> >> "...manganese–molybdenum, medium-carbon steel bicycle tubing... The >> approximate alloying composition of 531 tubing is 1.5% Mn >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese>, 0.25% Mo >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molybdenum>, 0.35% C >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon>..." >> >> >> On Thursday, June 19, 2014 9:23:34 AM UTC-5, Michael wrote: >>> >>> So 531 denotes the mixture of metals in it? >>> It came in different configurations of butting and wall thicknesses? >>> So people may be raving about the wall thickness, not so much about the >>> 531-ness itself? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
