02-09-2007, 02:29 PM
A piece of scale armour had iron silicates present, confirmed by SEM ADAX chemical analysis. The outermost surface showed pearlite grains and hardness increased there to 438 Hv indicating surface carburising.
Other pieces indicate a carbon content. The conclusions of the paper say there were pieces of medium carbon steel, and they're very specific about that. There was warm and cold working, and partial carburisation, pearlite grains of lamellar type, separate heat treating followed by air cooling like modern processes.
Other pieces indicate a carbon content. The conclusions of the paper say there were pieces of medium carbon steel, and they're very specific about that. There was warm and cold working, and partial carburisation, pearlite grains of lamellar type, separate heat treating followed by air cooling like modern processes.
TARBICvS/Jim Bowers
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