This Blacksmith Forged Us a Sword To Vanquish Our Enemies

This video was created in celebration of this year’s National Chemistry Week theme: Marvelous Metals. Learn more about it here:

This week on Reactions we head to Portland, Oregon, and learn how blacksmithing is just as much chemistry as it is an artform.

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Credits:
Producer: Elaine Seward
Writer: Samantha Jones, Ph.D.
Scientific Consultants: Hatem Zurob, Ph.D. Abdallah Elsayed, Ph.D. Junling Hu, Ph.D., Michelle Boucher, PhD Brianne Raccor, PhD

Executive Producer: George Zaidan
Production Manager: Hilary Hudson

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Ironmaking


Fabrication of a Bronze-Age Sword


Heat treat colors for steel


Tempering colors


The Sword of the Samurai


Spectral Characteristics of Grinding Sparks Used for Identification
of Scrap Metals


Study on the Mechanism of Carbon Steel Sparks


Guide to Historic Iron & Steel Structures

THE UTILITY OF THE SPARK TEST AS APPLIED TO COMMERCIAL STEELS



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