[TheForge] Hardening steel

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In a message dated 9/7/2002 2:32:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dgehlsen@earthlink.net writes:


> If I am understanding this, an annealed carbon rod will bend a given amount 
> with
> out becoming permanently bent (it will return to straight when the pressure 
> is
> released). The same rod hardened will bend the same amount with an equal
> pressure. The difference comes in when you apply pressure greater than the
> annealed rod will stand and it remains bent. In this case, the hardened rod 
> will
> resist this force and further require even more force to cause the hardened 
> rod
> to remained bent.
> 
> Darrell
> 

Exactly!


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