At 12:10 AM 4/5/2004 -0400, Philcycles@aol.com ushered forth:
>In a message dated 4/4/04 7:56:43 PM, youngc@netreach.net writes:
>
> >You could collect some shavings of the metal and have it analyzed to know
> >what alloying materials are there and in what proportions. You'd probably
> >need to do the same with a known sample of 753 and some other steels for
> >comparison purposes. No doubt a frightfully expensive proposition unless
> >you
> >know of a graduate student in metallurgy with some time on their hands
> >and
> >ready access to some pretty fancy analytical equipment.
>
>Wouldn't work. 753 is heat treated 531.
Metallurgical analysis should still work, but you'd probably have to look at other properties besides material composition, such as grain structure.
Regards, Dave "former computer geek in a metallurgical lab" Baseley