[AMPS] Austenitic steel

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>Thanks for all the replies. It would not appear to be the correct steel to 
>use for springs, being too ductile.
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//  I am trying to find out more about this.  However, as in beer, there 
are different brews of austenitic steel.  My guess is that some types 
have a temper-memory, and do not require tempering after being heated and 
bent.  The type of "piano wire" sold in model aeroplane shops can be 
heated to orange-heat and bent -sans-re-tempering -without loosing its 
springiness.    
>
cheers, Peter

-  R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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