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Laboratory analysis report on the material composition and suitability of a crankshaft.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\3\ scan0081 | |
Date | 20th November 1918 | |
Mr Hives. c to Works. Laboratory. H14/B201118. Re Crankshaft 1108. Wyman & Gordon (?). Analysis. Carbon .41 Manganese .66 Chromium .89 Phosphorus .017 Sulphur .037 Nickel 1.27 From the analysis this steel is not, I consider, very suitable for crankshaft work, since it would either require water hardening or oil hardening at a higher temperature than desirable for crankshaft material. There were evidences of weakness in the vicinity of the fracture. The brinell hardness was found to be 302. The fracture was not so fibrous as generally obtained with a higher percentage of Nickel. JrClt | ||