Category: Toughness

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  2. Just out of curiosity, did you ever test ztuff with a high temper. At one time I did some testing, and found it to be much tougher if tempered at around 1000 degrees. This was compared to tempering at 400 degrees!

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  3. I think it would score quite a bit higher on you’re charts! Maybe in the future I could heat treat a few samples and send them to you. I’m interested personally!

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Austenitizing, Quenching, Tempering, Toughness

How to Heat Treat 8670

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Edge Stability, Steel and Knife Properties, Toughness

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Edge Retention, History - Articles - Books, Super Steels, Toughness

Vanadis 8 – Better than CPM-10V

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History of Vanadis 8

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Corrosion Resistance, Edge Retention, Steel and Knife Properties, Super Steels, Toughness

CPM-S110V Steel – History and Properties

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Forging, Toughness

Toughness Improvement of High Carbon Tungsten Steel 1.2562

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