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Salt Bath Annealing Practical Experiment
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<blockquote data-quote="Slick8" data-source="post: 1655593" data-attributes="member: 52585"><p>Very interesting. I'll add to this as I'm interested in the SBA method and feel it's sound.</p><p></p><p>A member here sent me two cases, one annealed at 550C per the SBA instructions and one that had been fired 4-5 times.</p><p></p><p>I tested them with a Rockwell tester. We had no standard for brass so no way to determine the actual level of annealing or how much the brass had work hardened in those 4-5 firings.</p><p></p><p>It tested 86 for the annealed and 90.6 for the fired. Again, not a huge spread but it does show that the process softens the brass. Additionally, like I said, I feel that 4-5 firings isn't work hardening the brass very much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slick8, post: 1655593, member: 52585"] Very interesting. I'll add to this as I'm interested in the SBA method and feel it's sound. A member here sent me two cases, one annealed at 550C per the SBA instructions and one that had been fired 4-5 times. I tested them with a Rockwell tester. We had no standard for brass so no way to determine the actual level of annealing or how much the brass had work hardened in those 4-5 firings. It tested 86 for the annealed and 90.6 for the fired. Again, not a huge spread but it does show that the process softens the brass. Additionally, like I said, I feel that 4-5 firings isn't work hardening the brass very much. [/QUOTE]
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