Re: Copper Tubing (annealing)

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• Subject: Re: Copper Tubing (annealing)
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• Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 02:59:30 -0500
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Subject:  Re: Copper Tubing (annealing)
  Date:   Fri, 25 Apr 1997 10:22:58 -0600 (MDT)
  From:   Chip Atkinson <chip-at-XiG-dot-com>
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        Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Tesla List wrote:

> Subject:  Re: Primaries and Copper Tubing
>   Date:   Thu, 24 Apr 1997 17:01:00 -0700 (PDT)
>   From:   "Edward V. Phillips" <ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu>
>     To:   tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> 
> 
> "I do not know what the crit. heat is for copper, but the controlled
> cooling is just as important as reaching that temp for ideal annealing."
>         Not so in my experience.  Quenching works just as well as slow
> cooling, and has the advantage of flaking off the scale.
> Ed
> 
I believe that I read that copper can be quenched without hardening it. 
I
believe that I read this in either Machinery's Handbook or Projects In
Metal.  My direct experience also confirms this feature of copper.

Chip

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