[TheForge] FW: [The_Anvil] Dont put your tongue on a frozen anvil

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Not only that but they break the ice by riding up on top of it and using 
their mass/weight to crack it.  There are some good notes on their 
construction at:

http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/ships/icebreaker.htm

Charles



Chris Kilpatrick wrote:

>The metallurgy of the hull takes into account the temperature range.  That is a whole subset of metallurgical study.  Probably less carbon and special alloys to make it the right strength at the right temp.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan Tull" <dantull at numail.org>
>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:33:01 -0400
>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] FW: [The_Anvil] Dont put your tongue on a frozen anvil
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>>Hulls of Icebreaker ships?
>>dan tull
>>georgia
>>abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
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