Spark testing metals
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Spark testing metals is done by noting the type of sparks that issue from a piece of steel that has been put to a grinding wheel, From this one can deduce with some accuracy the type of alloy present (for instance; percentage carbon, vanadium, chromium).
Spark characteristics to note are:
- colour
- length
- branching
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