the bars were cast test bars, machined bars from a cast are to be used for seperate testing. The dry ice was made from acetone + CO2, so the liquid was the acetone.
Studying the effects of various heat treatments for Aluminum alloy A319, one idea was to change the quenching medium after heating into solid solution. I decided to quench in liquid nitrogen and dry ice. After quenching and aging for two hours I conducted tensile tests. For the two quenching...