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Laboratory report detailing the chemical analysis and mechanical properties of a metal sheet sample.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\5\  scan0111
Date  24th November 1939
  
LABORATORY.
24th. November, 1939.
Sample No. Sm.9
To Mr. G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Summers -
Order No. 147/S/3 for Messrs. Rolls-Royce
2 sheets 180" x 32" x .064" ex Stock Card S358.
Rolled 20th. Nov. Temp. on holding table 1055°C (1932°F)
Analysis
C. .115 Si Trace S .035 P. .048 Mn .345 Sn {Mr Sanderson} Trace
Edge Middle
Microstructure (See prints) 09/10 09
Bends OK.OK OK.OK
Erichsen 11.3 mms. 11.4 mms.
Rockwell B.62 B65
Thickness .064" .064"
Tensile Tests - Yield Point Tons/sq.in. Ultimate Tensile Strength Tons/sq.in. Elongation On 8"
Longitudinal 19.25 23.2 26%
Transverse 21.41 23.82 24.5%
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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