Charles Micallef
Student
- Oct 14, 2020
- 1
Hi all,
I have embarked on a research project in view of establishing steel strength after several melting cycles. I intend to use a vacuum furnace using temperature of around 1500 C. My hypothesis is that repeated recycling of steel renders the material weaker and more prone to rusting. I have practically exhausted the literature search and surprisingly I cannot find any published study to support my thinking. Can someone please reassure me? That is all I want because I am dubious whether I would be the first person to be performing this experiment or not. I only use the English language for my search needs. So, it could be that there is a study in Japanese or French or other language that I would be missing and that has already showed that there is a limit on how much steel cam be melted and reused or it might be that steel can be kept recycled indefinitely!
Kind regards,
Charles Micallef
NB. Honesty is the best policy. I am not a student. I am an independent researcher but this Forum does not cater for people like me. My papers on materials science include:
'Can rust spread through temporary contact?'
'Blu-Tack can stop transmission oil leaks'
I have embarked on a research project in view of establishing steel strength after several melting cycles. I intend to use a vacuum furnace using temperature of around 1500 C. My hypothesis is that repeated recycling of steel renders the material weaker and more prone to rusting. I have practically exhausted the literature search and surprisingly I cannot find any published study to support my thinking. Can someone please reassure me? That is all I want because I am dubious whether I would be the first person to be performing this experiment or not. I only use the English language for my search needs. So, it could be that there is a study in Japanese or French or other language that I would be missing and that has already showed that there is a limit on how much steel cam be melted and reused or it might be that steel can be kept recycled indefinitely!
Kind regards,
Charles Micallef
NB. Honesty is the best policy. I am not a student. I am an independent researcher but this Forum does not cater for people like me. My papers on materials science include:
'Can rust spread through temporary contact?'
'Blu-Tack can stop transmission oil leaks'