Craft, Trades & Making · Metalwork & Fabrication
A topic within Metalwork & Fabrication, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Craft, Trades & Making.
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Alexander Watt
Explains metal finishing by electrodeposition as a controllable chemical process, arguing that plating quality depends on bath composition and current density rather than operator skill alone.
link failing as of 17 Sept 2026Fred H. Colvin & Kristian A. Juthe
Explains carburizing and quenching as a controllable surface-chemistry process, letting a smith give a soft core its hard, wear-resistant skin on purpose rather than by accident.
link checked 17 Sept 2026