This week on Reactions we head to Portland, Oregon, and learn how blacksmithing is just as much chemistry as it is an artform.
Sources:
- D block chemistry
- Ironmaking
- Fabrication of a Bronze-Age Sword
- Heat treat colors for steel
- Tempering colors
- The Sword of the Samurai
- Spectral Characteristics of Grinding Sparks Used for Identification of Scrap Metals
- Study on the Mechanism of Carbon Steel Sparks
- Guide to Historic Iron & Steel Structures
- THE UTILITY OF THE SPARK TEST AS APPLIED TO COMMERCIAL STEELS
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