Metallurgical Examination of Six 1 Inch Rolled Homogeneous Armor Plates Manufactured by Great Lakes Steel Corporation

Abstract

This 1944 report discusses a metallurgical examination, including fracture tests for steel soundness and response to heat treatment, Brinell hardness tests, macroetch tests and microscopic examination, which was conducted on sections from six 1 inch thick homogeneous plates. Steel soundness was satisfactory on all but one plate. Poor shock properties, as denoted by crystalline fractures, were observed on all plates at hardnesses above 340 Brinell.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 07, 1944
Accession Number
ADA954167

Entities

People

  • N. A. Matthews

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armor
  • Armor Plate
  • Corporations
  • Great Lakes
  • Hardening
  • Hardness
  • Heat Treatment
  • Inclusions
  • Lakes
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Munitions
  • Rolled Homogeneous Armor
  • Tempering
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Metallurgy