Data are provided about manufacturing technology for a multilayer composite (Damascus steel) using hot rolling and hammer forging.
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Translated from Metallurg, No. 3, pp. 73–78, March, 2011.
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Pyasetskii, S.C., Belov, Y.M. Materials and examples of preparing damascus type blade steel. Metallurgist 55, 214 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-011-9415-5
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