[TheForge] chinese ASOs

Tue Apr 1 12:33:01 2003

Brass will work harden if hammered and soften when annealed, with or without
quench.  It will not quench harden because there are no constituents in it
that promote hardening, such as carbon.

                                    Grant Marcoux
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gladish Family" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:17 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] chinese ASOs

> Yah, what he said.   ;0
>
> > Actually, I don't think brass does anything in a quench ( other than
> > contract).   It is the heating that softens the brass, not the quench.
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > Gladish Family wrote:
> >
> > >If it has to go over critical to be brazed, why couldn't it be hardened
> > >(Quenched) on the way down?
> > >What would that do to the brazing? Brass softens in a quench, so
> > it wouldn't
> > >get brittle or anything...
> > >Andy
> > >
>
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