Metallurgical Examination of Fourteen 5/16 Inch Rolled Homogeneous Armor Plates Manufactured by Great Lakes Steel Corporation

Abstract

Metallurgical examination, including Brinell hardness surveys, fracture tests for steel soundness and fibre, and macroetch tests was conducted on each of the fourteen plates furnished by Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Microscopic examination was made on six plates and chemical analyses were taken of two. All plates except two were fibrous. Plates 17 and 19 revealed traces of crystallinity at hardnesses of 388 and 375 respectively.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 1944
Accession Number
ADA954175

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People

  • M. Yoffa

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armor
  • Armor Plate
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Corporations
  • Great Lakes
  • Hardness
  • Lakes
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Munitions
  • Rolled Homogeneous Armor
  • Sulfides
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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