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Old 05-10-2006, 13:31   #70
Bill Harsey
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Originally Posted by Air.177
I am completely out of my lane here, but could the Nitrogen come from the Liquid Nitrogen that you referred to earlier in this thread?
Air.177, you have the correct stuff but not at that stage.

In some steels (like the ones we use) Nitrogen is injected into the melt and it reacts at the molecular level with the steel.

Anyone guess what it forms?
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