Ok, so in English, will QPQ reduce the impact toughness of a bolt and lead to a shorter round count life or not?
Alloys that create nitrides are typically contain aluminum, chromium, molybdenum and titanium. With this in mind, nitriding works better on metals that contain these metals, but not in excessive amounts as these metals can create very hard and very brittle (especially in the case of aluminum) nitrides that break easily and cause cracks to form. So the real question is at which amounts *will* these nitride creating metals create a situation where the surface loses its impact toughness? There were a lot of "mays" and "mights" in the above post, i'm looking for verifiable data please.
Same question for barrels and barrel extensions.
Also, does not the addition of the nitriding process lower the coefficient of friction between the materials, thusly reducing the stresses between parts? And since hydrogen isn't part of the nitriding process, nor is surface etching, how does your final statment factor into the equation?
Last edited by GrumpyM4; 06-06-12 at 22:59.
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