Re: [TCML] Winding the primary

["Neal Namowicz" <neal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks guys,
I think I'm going to try the charcoal grill method, and if quenching isn't 
necessary, all the better. (for the fish, too! :)

Neal.


> David -
>
>  I don't believe copper (as used in refrigeration tubing, etc) requires 
> any post-anneal quenching to achieve a "dead soft" condition.
>
>  I read Article 25 several times, but could find nothing about quenching 
> as a required step for annealing copper.
>
>  There was brief mention of water quench as part of the process for 
> annealing exotic zirconium-copper and chromium-copper alloys, but that's 
> not applicable to common copper refrigeration tubing.
>
>  An interesting technical paper with temperature vs hardness annealing 
> curves for copper shows that no quenching is required to achieve maximum 
> softness.
>
>  See:
>  http://www.wsp-ingenieure.de/deutsch/downloads/paper_TBerrenberg_08.pdf
>
>  Regards,
>  Herr Zapp
>
> David Speck <Dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Neal,
>
> Might want to look at:
>
> http://www.key-to-metals.com/Article25.htm

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