Hard materials are naturally brittle, whereas toughness requires a material to feature certain ductility. While a low hardness generally indicates a soft material, the above hardness definition becomes increasingly impractical the softer the material is under test. This is where the Shore durometer (or...
A video clip showing how steels are cut during the manufacturing and fabrication process of steels after being delivered to the steel stockyard.
Easy to Do– This method for removing hard water stains is easy and requires hardly any scrubbing at all. One Natural Ingredient– There are many products on the market made to remove hard water build-up, but the warning labels talk of eye irritation, skin irritation, and calling poison con...
Q. I wanted advice on how to make the surface of stainless steel dull. In my product, first I buff the product to get shine. Then certain parts have to be made dull. The problem right now is that the dull part is having some shine. Is there any chemical which can make the dull ...
The reason is that the underlying mechanisms are hidden in the nanoscale, and the atomic configurations and partitioning effects at these surface and sub-surface regions with their complex composition and microstructure features are hard to observe. Also, the increasing use of high-strength ...
Have you ever wondered how to clean a stainless steel sink? Getting it to sparkle without damaging it can be tricky. Luckily, there’s a foolproof way that you can get it right. This guide will take you through the simple steps to clean it now, including
Never use a sex toy orifice-to-orifice (that is, don’t use it on your penis after you’ve used it anally). So how often should you actually wash your sex toys? Fricker and Durham recommend cleaning your sex toys after every use. Durham adds that sex toys with hard-to-reach ...
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How does one keep stainless steel shot, used for tumbling a piece, free of black oxides that build up and can impart a dark residue to silver? Answer: First let me say that if you use a tumbler to work-harden and clean your jewelry pieces, that you should never mix metals in the sa...