Questions tagged [metals]
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How are these bimetallic brake rotors made?
Shimano's high-end brake rotors for bicycles feature "Ice-Tech" construction. This consists of a 3-layer sandwich of steel (for the braking surfaces), aluminum, and then steel again. ...
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What is the best technique for precision cutting nickel foil?
I have a project where I need to cut small text at about 0.5 mm of precision on a nickel foil that is about 0.1 mm thick. So, I am looking for the best machine/technique to do it.
I know that nickel ...
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What is the maximum load for lateral loading of a screw?
I want to build the following swing for my grandkids:
So I reckon that there will be a lateral loading on the countersunk bolt (shown in red), I would like to know what is the maximum load (in kg) ...
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dielectric unions and bonding continuity
I am a layperson not an engineer. In the diagram below showing an old house with a mix of copper and galvanized steel water pipes connected by a dielectric union, with the two dissimilar sections of ...
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Elongation before plastic deformation
As far as I understand elongation is the lengthening of a metal in % of it's initial length right before it breaks.
But what is in practice more interesting (for some aspects of my bike use case) is ...
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Vibrating hollow sphere
I would like to make a hollow sphere that can vibrate like a tuning fork. It should go like this:
Place the sphere on a table
Strike the sphere with something like a spoon
The sphere vibrates (...
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Induce vibration on metal ball
Suppose that I have a hollow, metal ball that lies on a table.
How do I induce a vibration on this ball? I want to be able to control the frequency, so it is a forced vibration (not natural vibration)....
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How is this metal, hollow sphere manufactured?
I just came across this sculpture and am really interested in knowing how it could even be done?
I thought that they put 2 hemispheres together but there isn’t any weld lines- is there any other ...
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How to go from a metal sheet to a metal box using (set of) dies only?
As a hobbyist, how to go from a metal sheet to a metal box (1 hollow side) by using (set of) dies only?
All videos I watched involved :
bending 1 side at 90° then
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What is the ideal oil for an electric razor?
As in the title, what is the ideal oil for an electric razor, and why? I might add that the electric razor will only be used at room temperature.
What oil would an engineer select for their electric ...
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Relationship between how fast a metal cylinder can spin on its axis without breaking or deforming?
For simplicity sake consider a solid metallic cylinder which is $2r$ in height with a radius of $r$.
For a given metal and $r$, how to calculate how fast can this spin in terms of rpm for a very long ...
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Contactless heating of levitated tungsten
I want to make a setup to melt tungsten. The best method I've come up with is using an induction heater to levitate and heat the tungsten, in a vacuum to prevent oxidation and limit heat transfer.
I'...
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What grade of steel best suits this application?
Take a long, thin, straight wire with a circular cross section. Say, .5mm in diameter and 200mm in length. Hold the wire horizontally at one end (cantilever). What grade of steel would result in the ...
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How the choice of etchant can affect the severity of hydrogen embrittlement during pickling and passivation?
Following this question, I am trying to understand how/if the choice of acid we might use during the pickling and passivation of certain metals, can influence the severity of hydrogen embrittlement. ...
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Does anybody know anything about this patented, late-19th-century process for producing white lead?
I debated on whether to put this question in the History or Engineering Stack Exchange. Ultimately, I decided on the Engineering Stack because I believe the people on this site will understand the ...
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Steel expanding in a tight space
Hypothetical question: What would happen if I were to cool down a steel cylinder to make it contract, and then slide it all the way into a cylindrical hole in a room-temperature solid steel box? The ...
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Grain size and fatigue performance correlation for AMS 5662 Inconel 718
I am trying to do a literature review on the correlation between average grain size and fatigue performance of AMS 5662 (solution annealed condition) Inconel 718. The Special Materials Corporation ...
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Will hundreds of wood-burning fires damage 1/2" thick steel? [closed]
I have 1/2" and 3/8" thick x 24" diameter steel pipes that are typically used for natural gas transport, but in my case they take the shape of horizontal wood-burning cookers. I am ...
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Why 95% Water is used Instead of 100%
So in this video(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1z829NF9PA) at around 2:35 it says that the alluminium ingots for alluminium foil, after being heated, are cooled down with a mixture of 95% water, 5% ...
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MMPDS Coordinate System Adoption
How was the L, LT, ST coordinate system developed and adopted?
I am talking with some colleagues about comparing metallic and non-metallic materials. Obviously, "apples-to-apples" ...
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Cutting method, where shaving stays attached from one side
Usually shaving goes out in front of the tool, being connected only along the cutting tool width.
Im interested in another case, when shaving is moved to one side and it stays connected to the ...
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Building up worn steel via plating or other method?
I've asked several people and gotten mixed answers, so I've decided to post the question here. Can steel be electroplated onto steel to build up worn surface areas (I'm talking about less than a ...
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Consumable arc welding Polarity Effect on heat input
why DCEP is generally used in consumable welding process?
As per my understanding more heat is generated where the electrons collide(anode),
so in consumable welding,we want deposition and also want ...
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Iridium carbides in high carbon stainless steel
Has there ever been any high carbon stainless steel made with iridium as one of the alloy components? Is there any research in this direction?
There is a paper from 2016 comparing various iridium ...
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What is the difference between AISI 1015 and SAE 1015 steel? Are they the same?
I've been trying to understand the differences between the AISI and SAE naming systems, but haven't been able to completely figure it out yet. It seems like sometimes they are considered the same, but ...
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Alternatives to zinc die cast (Zamak)
I am working for a small domestic home appliance manufacturer and we are looking at ways to reduce our appliance's carbon footprint.
Currently we use a lot of die-casted zinc-aluminum alloy (Zamak, ...
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What material property (Young's modulus, HRC hardness, Max yield strength, etc) affects how easy it is to cut sheet metal?
Our team is looking for sheet metal that is easiest to cut (and paint over), so I was wondering if there was a specific material property (such as those listed in the title) that affected the ...
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Are rusty stains allowed to happen with hot dip galvanized steel construction?
I ordered a fence and the provider agreed to deliver it made from hot dip galvanized steel covered with powder painted finishing. The price was significantly bigger thank with the electro ...
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Choosing metal plate to spread point load
I have a heavy object standing on 4 legs (about 30 mm in diameter each) on a wooden floor. The object is soon going to become even more heavier and I am concerned the legs could penetrate the floor. ...
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Fire rated EN 13501-1 B-s1/s2, d0 sheets
I'm trying to learn more about the type of sheets I can get for a project, I would of course go for polycarbonate if not for its price, currently the project with PC will cost \$600-\$700
but I'm ...
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Aluminium Bolt in Titanium Casing: Any Dangers of (Contact-)Corrosion?
Assumed we have a fuel flask that is made of titanium. The bottle will be filled with white gasoline when used. At the bottleneck there is a standardized thread manufactured into the titanium.
Are ...
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Is it possible to estimate the young's modulus of an aluminum alloy purely based off its alloy designation?
I recently had an interview where the interviewer asked what the young's modulus would be like for an alloy like 5052 versus 6061.
was a bit stumped on this one, saying that 5052 might be lower ...
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What is the Specific Heat of Molten Bronze?
I have sources giving the specific heat capacity of bronze as 382 to 385 J⋅kg⁻¹⋅K⁻¹, or as 435 J⋅kg⁻¹⋅K⁻¹. I'm assuming the variation is due to different alloys being considered, which are not ...
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How long will it take to anneal at a lower temperature?
Someone is trying to anneal a brass casting to minimize the segregation of Zinc. He likes the results of annealing at 400 Celsius for 3 hours, but the high temperature produces problems with residual ...
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What kind of metal are eye glasses frames made from?
I've noticed that prescription eye glasses frames are often made from metal that is quite rigid. It's surprisingly difficult to bend the metal, despite how thin it is. And if it does bend, it doesn't ...
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What type of drill bits are these?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JPV6dRqB6f__N1eCcmn6QkOStLpVdc-U/view?usp=drivesdk
Here's an image for bits Head.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/HS8hFqLeWn8jecka7
In the image above (Google Images & ...
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What is the difference between wrought aluminum and cast aluminum? Is it possible to cast 6061 aluminum?
I'm currently learning about material properties and I'm not certain what the main differences are between the different types of aluminum.
The aluminum I'm most familiar with is 6061-T6 aluminum and ...
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Software for designing products made of aluminum extrusions
I'm going to build a storage cabinet out of aluminum extrusions.
Something that looks like that, except lighter and less intricate:
So yeah, my cabinet will be a lot lighter and without moving parts.
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In what way does plating a bimetallic strip affect its displacement?
I've got a mechanism that uses a bimetallic strip; for aesthetic reasons I'd like to electroplate it with a thin layer of gold - how does this affect the relative displacement of a bimetallic strip in ...
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How does the magnet sheet sliding metal mechanism work?
I was watching this video - at 10:23 mark where the person was using a hook mechanism for sliding the metal sheets together and noted that sometimes the hook would get caught on a bad angle. To solve ...
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What is the cheapest way to build a fireproof box?
I'm breaking my brain for a two weeks trying to find a way to build a fireproof box 100 cm × 100 cm × 100 cm with 1 door at the cheapest price.
The immediate candidate is sheet metal, which needs to ...
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Unknown metal-piece connected to the case of an iPod Nano 2
I disassembled an iPod Nano 2 yesterday and was surprised to find a round brass-coloured plate glued to the back. I didn't find any mention of it at the teardown over at ifixit.com, as they didn't cut ...
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What is meant by soaking time in heat treatment?
After heating at 950°C and holding the temperature for 3 hours there is a soaking time that is provided for 12 hours. What is the soaking time being referred to here? A detailed reply to this will be ...
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A question on how heat treatment is done in bogies
During heat treatment of metals I find that Normalizing is done in railway bogies and tempering is done following normalizing only for the CP top and bottom. Following the tempering process quenching ...
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Adhesive to connect metal with a coating to plastic that resists mineral oil
I have a peristaltic pump that was having some leaks because of connections between the tubing so I decided to replace it all with a single piece of tubing. Upon doing this though, I observed that the ...
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How to evenly heat stainless type 304 steel bar to approximately 200F?
I need to heat stainless bar stock prior to bending in a forming machine. I would like to reach approximately 200 degrees F.
The material is stainless type 304/304L, 3/16" thick.
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Can Rotary Friction Welding be used to join metals and ceramics?
Is Rotary Friction Welding a good method to join cylinders of a metal (such as Ti alloy) and a ceramic (such as SiC).
I know that Diffusion bonding can be used in such cases. However, it has its own ...
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Salt grinder and corrosion
I am looking for a kitchen salt grinder.
I know salt is an aggressive compound and it needs a little bit of attention when we design products.
Since most of grinders have plastic-made or stainless ...
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I need something similar to a 3" to 5" curtain tension rod to fix my popping air ducts
The air ducts in my house have a couple of places where they make popping sounds as they expand while heating, one of the loudest ones is annoyingly in my bedroom.
I know by pressing around where I ...
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Why does corrosion take place at certain stressed regions?
Why does certain parts of metal show more corrosion at the place where there is high dislocation density in comparison to the place where the dislocation density is less? I do sincerely feel that this ...
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