In furnace and is there any trick to get it very very soft kenching in water or alcool methanol thks by advance for every replies nathalie.
Annealing brass sheet metal.
It it possible to anneal it to get e a very soft malleable sheet.
Annealing is a heat treatment process in which the sheet metal is altered on a molecular level altering its strength and hardness.
When the brass starts to show a blackened color then is the time to quench it quickly before.
How to anneal brass.
For large pieces gas fired conveyor furnaces are used while car bottom furnaces are more practical for smaller pieces of metal.
Annealing brass is very similar to copper although the temperature should be a little cooler.
What would be the annealling temp.
Hello i have a piece of brass sheet cu 60 zn 40 15cm x 8 cm x 4mm thick.
During the annealing process the metal is heated to a specific temperature where recrystallization can occur.
The metal is heated above its recrystallization temperature maintained at this temperature and then cooled in a controlled environment.