Platinum Supplier – Pt Wire, Sheet, Crucible & Catalyst Gauze from Shanghai

HXSCO supplies platinum and platinum-rhodium alloys — wire, sheet, crucibles and catalyst gauze — the...

Wire Drawing Guide: Die, Reduction & Annealing for Quality Wire

Wire drawing pulls metal through a tapering die to shrink its diameter and raise strength...

Thermo-Mechanical Treatment Guide: TMCP Steel & Grain Refinement

Thermo-mechanical treatment (TMCP) makes strong, tough steel by deforming it in the austenite range and...

Sigma Phase Guide: Embrittlement in Stainless & Duplex Weldments

Sigma phase is a hard, brittle intermetallic that forms in stainless and duplex steels when...

Selective Leaching Guide: Dezincification, Graphitization & Dealuminification

Selective leaching (dealloying) is corrosion that removes one element from an alloy, leaving a weak...

Rolling Defects Guide: Edge Crack, Buckle, Alligator & Fixes

Rolling defects — edge cracks, center buckle, alligatoring, scale and wavy edges — come from...

Decarburization Guide: Surface Carbon Loss, Test & Prevention

Decarburization is the loss of surface carbon from steel during heating — softening a thin...

Case Hardening Guide: Carburizing, Nitriding & Carbonitriding Compared

Case hardening builds a hard, wear-resistant surface on a tough metal core — by diffusing...

Age Hardening Guide: Precipitation Hardening, T6 & Peak Strength

Age hardening (precipitation hardening) strengthens an alloy by holding it at a moderate temperature so...

Gold Supplier – Gold Sheet, Wire, Foil & Alloy from Shanghai

HXSCO supplies gold in sheet, foil, wire and alloy forms with documented purity — the...