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F. George McDuffee F. George McDuffee is offline
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Default Steel for Olympic Barbell

On Sun, 9 Nov 2014 09:47:38 -0800 (PST), Sandarpan Mukherjee
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The bar will be at least 190000 psi tensile st=
rength with 170000 psi yield strength.

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You are talking about very expensive HY210 submarine hull
steel. I don't know if this is available in the civilian
market.

These specs seem excessive for even Olympic class lifters.
A quick google search indicates less than 300Kg for any
single lift. http://tinyurl.com/lmoxl6a


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