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Segmentata hinges - is \'red brass\' ok?

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Segmentata hinges - is \'red brass\' ok?
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02-09-2008, 05:34 PM
Quote:Is work hardening done by heating the brass, or by hammering it?

By hammering it you will hardening it, because you get so called dislocations, on moleculair scale. When you heat it again those dislocations will be re-aranged into a perfect ideal stacking and your metal is soft again.
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Re: Segmentata hinges - is \'red brass\' ok? - by Jvrjenivs - 02-09-2008, 05:34 PM

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