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Maney author has an experiment running in Science Museum, London

Leeds, UK, 7th September 2006

Harry Bhadeshia, author of the Maney bestseller 'Bainite' and an Editor of Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, has an experiment running in the Materials Gallery at the Science Museum in London. 

'Traditional' bainitic steels are hard and strong, and thus wear and fatigue resistant, but can also be brittle. Part of Harry's research has focused on developing tough bainitic steels that can be processed on an industrial scale. A rail steel developed with Corus containing 'the right type of bainite' has served successfully in Norway at temperatures of -40oC.

The Science Museum exhibit involves 'superbainite', which has shown promising results in trials for use as armour. Superbainite is developed by heat treatment for 5 days at ~200oC (the lab trials use a pizza oven), but the museum exhibit, at room temperature, will take about 100 years to transform, so there's plenty of time to catch it!

Alternatively, see the pictures on Harry's website at:

http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans/2006/SM/SM.html. 

[Picture shows armour sandwich structure including 12mm superbainite sheet after a projectile tests that shatter conventional steels]

For further information please contact:

Lynne Medhurst, Maney Publishing (www.maney.co.uk)

Tel: +44 (0)113 243 2800 Email: l.medhurst@maney.co.uk