Cold Working Brass Lab

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Cold Working Brass: Effects on Hardness & Microstructure Abstract The purposes of this lab were to determine a relationship between percent cold working and hardness, determine the effect cold working has on microstructure, and last but not least relate dislocation theory to the observed data. Determining the relationship between percent cold working and hardness involved using a cold roller and running our cartridge brass (70 wt.% Cu, 30 wt.% Zn) sample through it until the percent given was reached by each group. This is a good material because it is well suited to cold-forming because of its high strength and ductility. Each group was assigned a specific percent to reach. The percent’s were 0, 10, 20, 30 40, and 50 respectively. After our percent was given a top and bottom were decided and this was so the sample was ran through the same way every time. The percent cold work is found using this equation % CW = t1-t2/t1 * 100, multiplying by 100 to get the percent, t1 is the original thickness of the sample and t2 is the thickness after running it through. Introduction …show more content…

If work-hardening is performed at elevated temps it is said to be hot-worked. In contrast cold-working is done right around room temperature. In both situations the work hardening increases the strength and hardness because of plastic deformation. This causes atoms in a crystal to become disordered, which means that the atoms have moved into a disordered structure. This then raises the strength and hardness by impairing the easy movement of dislocations. Cold working was done at first along with harness testing, once familiarized with all of this testing relationships between hardness, microstructure, and degree of work hardening of brass were

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