Anthony Cordasco replied snip..
>Tony. You mention that the rate of cooling is unimportant but if I >recall correctly from my silversmithing days at the Jewish Museum in N.Y.C., >brass was the one metal which seemed to be softer when we dipped it in water >while it was hot. This is not the case with copper, silver, or gold. > Anthony I'm ever ready to yield to hard experience! Please correct my earlier statement to read "...but brass may seem softer when quenched!"* Tony M. * A good subject for a 1st Year metallurgical seminar perhaps? Come on you guys... give us some numerical evidence!
