Subject: Re: railroad spikes - composition

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 14:43:42 -0400

To All,
Railroad spikes are probably not alloyed with anything beyond carbon.
Manganese is always present and a little chrome does not impart corrosion
resistance. Final hardness of an edge depends on complete transformation to
austenite prior to quenching.

Hochewa