[AT] Fw: Steel

[Indiana Robinson]

On 5 Mar 2006 at 14:52, Larry & Barb Dotson wrote:

> Ron,
> The 1018 is .18%  nominal carbon with little other alloying elements. The
> last 2 digits are carbon and the first 2 are the family (group). mild steel
> is 1008 or 1010. The 4000 series is for high strength steels. The 4130 is
> used for high strength tubing.called aircraft tubing. This is the material
> that all quality race car chassis are built from (encluding mine).
> I don't have my books at home, but the others have varing other properties
> for heat treating to obtain special properties.
> 
> Larry Dotson



	Heat treating perhaps best done in a "Dotson inferno"...

	Hi Larry   :-)  


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