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      02-05-2014, 01:46 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by Russbmw View Post
No a casting won't warp.

Quenching from different temperatures will change the metal crystal structure and phases, etc. Which will affect the physical properties (toughness, hardness, etc), not warp it. (yes, metallurgy was one of my modules at Uni 20 years ago...yawn).
Man speaks truth! Metallurgy! I'm a materials engineer!

It won't be warped fact! But I'm not getting into this argument again, had it 1000 times, but as forum members know everything about everything, the opinion of a metallurgist means nothing!
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