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The 400 nickel round rod has been cold drawn and stress relieved, meets American Society for Testing and Materials International ASTM B164, Federal Specification QQ-N-281D Class A, American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME SB 164, and NACE International MR0175 specifications, has an unpolished (mill) surface, and has a standard tolerance. The rod has been cold drawn, a room-temperature process of pulling metal through a die to create the shape, followed by subsequent stress relief.
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The 400 nickel round rod has been cold drawn and stress relieved, meets American Society for Testing and Materials International ASTM B164, Federal Specification QQ-N-281D Class A, American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME SB 164, and NACE International MR0175 specifications, has an unpolished (mill) surface, and has a standard tolerance. The rod has been cold drawn, a room-temperature process of pulling metal through a die to create the shape, followed by subsequent stress relief.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"very nice."
"Product and picture description is a bit different."
The alloy is readily fabricated and may be welded in either the annealed or precipitation (age) hardened condition.
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Embossed seal to ensure product integrity. Nickel-Silver - CDA #752 (65% Copper, 18% Nickel, 17% Zinc).
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Other uses include robotics, heat engines, science projects, practical jokes, artery stents for a bypass surgery, the only limitation is your creativity.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"There's enough for several projects, just be forewarned that you need a good way to hold it in place while heating it to red hot and then quenching it."
"I used a large surface area bunsen burner you have to get the wire to glow red and when you get it up to that sorts of temperature be prepared it will fight you a little bit sou make sure you have it secured well."
"experimented and confused adults."
"Product seemed to be as advertised."
"Does not really return completely to shape."
"seems to do what I had hoped to achieve in my body part sculptures."
"I did the annealing in a Bunsen burner, heating until seeing a red glow, then bending to the desired shape then quenching in cool water."