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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 10:21 PM
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I'm afraid you're wasting your time trying to determine the composition of the various metals by hardness testing, different materials can exhibit the same hardness. You need to use an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to determine the elemental property of the alloys. Bear in mind that the bearings are a backing material coated with various alloys.
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