Re: ASME mechanical properties of AISI 4130

From: <Christopher>
Date: Tue Nov 13 2007 - 23:13:00 EST

On Nov 13, 2007, at 8:53 PM, elie altawil wrote:

> Reference: <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/~jbower/Materials%20Selection.pdf">http://www.stanford.edu/~jbower/Materials%20Selection.pdf</a>
> AISI 4130 Steel, annealed at 865°C (1590°F) (1585°F), furnaced
> cooled 11°C (20°F)/hour to 680°C (1255°F), air cooled, 25 mm (1
> in.) round

Not to quibble, but this just tells you about AISI 4130--roughly the same info as you'd find in Machinery's Handbook. That doesn't make it permissible for Code use. I'm not finding any of those ASTM specs in Section II so it's likely not permitted.

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