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Old 12-22-2013, 11:02 AM
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Instead of 1080 which is fine , get the better 1084 from Aldo.
The spark test is just an approximate test mostly for carbon .Some alloying elements can show up like tungsten - a deep orange spark. But the best is to have known steels to compare to.
Proper chemical analysis ,spectrographic , costs something like $50 IIRC.
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