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Re^3: Computer simulation of work hardening metal

Jack Berry
berry2000@prodigy.net

I think we already put this concept to use and we recognize it as the need for annealing. However, this is a beautiful molecular explanation (both conceptionally and visually) of what we observe when we don't anneal. Maybe somewhere down the line this will be extended to the study of "doping" of metals with other elements to affect the onset of brittleness, malleability, etc.. We already see this in a negative sense with the difference between the malleabilities of fine silver and sterling. Great simulation study!

On Tue May 14, Lee Marshall wrote
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>On Tue May 14, Tom Nelson wrote
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>>Lee- That is indeed fascinating information. Thanks for putting the info on the Forum for us. -- Regards - Tom -

>Granted, it is pretty esoteric, and I have no idea of how any of it can be put to use by us. After all, the computer used by IBM is typically used for creating theroretical nuclear bomb blasts. I understand that most "testing" is now done by computer, rather than actual booms. I doubt that we will be able to purchase a home office version that will operate fast enough to do the computations necessary.
>Anyway, who knows where this might lead?

>Lee
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