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Default What makes A514 (T-1) steel so strong?


"Ignoramus30666"
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A514 (T-1) steel seems to possess remarkable
properties, being 100,000
psi strong, and yet has a very unremarkable
composition. A little
vanadium and a little chromium. What exactly is it,
that makes it so strong?


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