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Mechanical test results of a material before and after laboratory heat-treatment.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 49\2\  Scan080
Date  18th March 1917
  
R.R. 196 (500 H) (SD. 296. 18.3.17) M.P. 176549.

inclusion running in broken strings. Segregation of phosphorus was very pronounced in the " as received " specimens, but was practically eliminated by the reheat-treatment.

The mechanical test figures obtained before and after the laboratory heat-treatment are given below:-

" As received." After reheat-treatment.
Brinell ---------- 277. ---------- 277.
Ultimate Stress ---------- 57.44 ---------- 61.96
(Tons per sq.in.)
Yield Point ---------- 50.48 ---------- 56.44
(Tons per sq. in.)
Elongn. % on 2" ---------- 23.0 ---------- 22.0
R.A. % ---------- 62.2 ---------- 60.2
Izod. (ft.lbs.) ---------- 61.3 ---------- 52.0

As far as we have gone it appears that the defects noted above are not sufficient to account for the breakdown. The mechanical tests indicate a greater ductility than we consider desirable or necessary.

Hl. IHe
  
  
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