In Reply to: Re: Have you thought of Cryo and power posted by alan m. kafton on August 24, 2001 at 22:11:27:
This is partly true, but in my previous thread I should have clarified myself better. It is not the cryogenic phase that damages the component; it is the tempering phase (i.e. heat) that could damage other non-heat resistant materials. The recipe parameters for cryogenic treatment of ferrous and non-ferrous materials are essentially the same. However, ferrous materials require a heat temper after the treatment, non-ferrous materials do not. Normally a 260-300F temper is what is used on ferrous materials. Without getting too technical, untempered ferrous material (after cryo) can be brittle and susceptible to cracking. What led me to initiate the original thread is that I read that and individual wanted to treat his entire preamp. I assumed that he was considering having a completely assembled preamp cryo treated.
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- Re: Have you thought of Cryo and power - Gregory Bartlett 08/25/0123:39:34 08/25/01 (0)