I am going to perform a test in which I will be bending various steel rods. Some of the rods will be exposed to conditions that make them much more brittle than others, and the test will consist of bending the straightened rods until the first signs of crack initiation. Comparison between the...
What is the typical magnification required by a light microscope to view and analyze the various microstructures of steel? Does anyone recommend a good, cheap microscope with a digital hookup to a computer that I can purchase?
Thanks,
Chris
I would like to have a part machined from 1040 steel and I'm wondering if this material has a good machinability rating? Ideally I would like to have a tensile strength of at least 100 KSI for a 5" x 12" x 2.5" sheet, and I'm wondering how I would provide a material call out for this on the...
