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Old 03-31-10 | 07:46 PM
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Hi-ten is typically SAE/AISI 10xx plain carbon steel, not chromium-molybdenum which is 41xx (the xx in the last two digits indicate the carbon content in hundredths of a percent). The "ten" in "Hi-ten" is a play on words; High tensile and high ten (as in higher carbon content AISI 10xx.

Alloying of Steels.
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