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Old 05-10-2006, 14:53   #72
Bill Harsey
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Originally Posted by Maytime
When nitrogen is heated, it combines directly with lithium, magnesium, and calcium, and when mixed with oxygen, it forms nitric acid then nitrogen dioxide. I believe large quantities of nitrogen are used to anneal stainless steel IIRC.
To the best of my knowledge there is no lithium, magnesium, calcium or oxygen in the melt when making the CPM steel that Nitrogen is used in.

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