I asked a friend that works at a steel mill to test some steel I have. I have a few 2 foot steel saw blades. Dont know what they were originally used for but I figured I would get them tested before I tried to use them for knives.
Here are the results. The only thing Im certain is it has high carbon contents . He said there test doesnt show levels any higher than .63, so it actually might be higher..
C MN P S Si Al Cu Ni Cr Mo Sn V B Ca
.639 .696 .015 .0017 .258 .006 .024 .040 .325 .018 .011 .002 .0001 .0007
NB Ti Pb Zr Sb Fe4 Temp Alsol Al203 mg n Zn
.0001 .0002 .001 .0 .0012 107.8667 2710.19 .006 0 .0001 .006 .001
Michael Arguello
Apprentice Smith
Hi,
A very late reply... I'm a new member. Since this is the only question I might be able to answer in the Forum now, I try to provide some ideas.
Which kind of test did you do? Chemical analysis? Optical spectra analysis? What is the unit, wt%?
Just some ideas:
Let us focus on the highsest wt% elements: Mn, Cr (Si I didn't consider as it can come from impurity, Fe4 you know it is just iron.The number 2710.19 I cannot read, temperature?)
First I consider it might be Fe-Cr-Mn Alloy, but the ingredient is much less than normal Fe-Cr-Mn Alloy. So I think it is just a kind of plain carbon steel. The component is close to so called Silver steel, which can be processed to have a silver appearance. People sometimes use it on making razors.
Reference:
https://www.google.com/patents/US5278881
