On Sun, 09 Nov 2014 13:05:58 -0600, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Sun, 9 Nov 2014 09:47:38 -0800 (PST), Sandarpan Mukherjee
wrote:

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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

He's around the high end for heat-treated 4340. The thing is, with
yield of 170 kpsi and ultimate tensile of 190, when that bar is
overloaded, it's going to go "Bang!"

It doesn't sound like something you'd want in a barbell. g

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Ed Huntress