Knife Steel Composition Chart 4.6 released

Gator97

Gator97

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Hi All,

The desktop or web browser version of the Knife Steel Composition Chart got a major overhaul, major improvement in performance. Adjusted logic displaying alloys in "all" mode. As in , when you go in and display everything without any search criteria. Highly not recommended, but that's what most of the people do anyway :)
It's about twice as fast in all records mode and about 3 times faster compared to earlier version in standards or maker/country etc modes.

Also displays loading data indicator so that you know it's working and not hanging on large datasets.

Database is growing, slowly but steadily, which means there isn't much that can be done, more steels means more data and more time.

Therefore, it will be very beneficial for active users to set default standard in chart's settings menu. I.e. load steel chart, click on Settings menu, select any standard you prefer as a starting point, click save settings button.
You can also check "Hide Ref. Names" checkbox to speed up page loading further.
With those parameters set chart loads under a second, vs. loading all data which could take 10-15 seconds on older computers, mainly because browser rendering issues with very large tables.

Tested on FireFox, IE, Chrom and opera, al should work fine. Will do Edge browser testing today or tomorrow.
If you notice broken UI or any other issues please contact me, here or from my site.
 
Still have not found a designer :) Once I do, I have to pay him/her may be then, thanks tho :)
 
Gator97 said:
Still have not found a designer :) Once I do, I have to pay him/her may be then, thanks tho :)
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Gator, never knew that was you. Great job and I would certainly donate. I wonder if you could add pre 2002 INFI to the list(this number was confirmed by Jerry):

V .36% Vanadium
Cr 8.25% Chrome
Fe 87.79% Iron
Co .95% Cobalt
Ni .74% Nickel
Mo 1.3% Molybdenum
C .5% carbon
N .11% Nitrogen
 
Hey Cobalt,
Yeah, that was me all this time ;)

INFO pre 2002 is in the chart, albeit in the INFI notes section, I have what's known as current in the table, and INFO notes section contains note that this is pre 2002 comp.

Here - INFI steel composition, I could add separate entry with INFI Old oor somethign like that as a name, is that what you're asking?

P.S. Graph engine wasn't working, just noticed. Missed one file upload. All good now.
 
Gator97 said:
Hey Cobalt,
Yeah, that was me all this time ;)

INFO pre 2002 is in the chart, albeit in the INFI notes section, I have what's known as current in the table, and INFO notes section contains note that this is pre 2002 comp.

Here - INFI steel composition, I could add separate entry with INFI Old oor somethign like that as a name, is that what you're asking?

P.S. Graph engine wasn't working, just noticed. Missed one file upload. All good now.
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Yeah, it is significant enough a change to show it as a different steel. And it was verified multiple times including by myself. I am impressed, you did what I have been thinking about for some time. Congrats.
 
Gator, I have heard it said that the second test may not have been set up to detect nitrogen and that with the listed carbon content content, you would almost NEED the nitrogen to still be there to get the steel as hard as it is and still retain that almost stainless steel like corrosion resistance.
Gator97 said:
Hey Cobalt,
Yeah, that was me all this time ;)

INFO pre 2002 is in the chart, albeit in the INFI notes section, I have what's known as current in the table, and INFO notes section contains note that this is pre 2002 comp.

Here - INFI steel composition, I could add separate entry with INFI Old oor somethign like that as a name, is that what you're asking?

P.S. Graph engine wasn't working, just noticed. Missed one file upload. All good now.
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JDM, I can certainly add a note, although I am not quite sure how 0.11% Nitrogen could be missed :) I think back in the original thread that was mentioned, need to dig that up.
 
Gator97 said:
JDM, I can certainly add a note, although I am not quite sure how 0.11% Nitrogen could be missed :) I think back in the original thread that was mentioned, need to dig that up.
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I was told by the company that did the spectral test for me that Nitrogen does not show up on their test.
 
I thought you would ;)

I can't find the 2009 thread from Darrel, that's the guy who worked for BodyCote and he did the actual analysis, I do remember him mentioning Nitrogen in that thread, the absence of it to be precise.
 
Gator97 said:
I thought you would ;)

I can't find the 2009 thread from Darrel, that's the guy who worked for BodyCote and he did the actual analysis, I do remember him mentioning Nitrogen in that thread, the absence of it to be precise.
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I tested my Fussion BM LE made n 2004 ish and it also did not have N in it. When I asked the place they did tell me that their analysis cannot detect N in small amounts unless a large sample size is given. Until someone finds it, I would not list N as part of the new INFI. Old INFI had 0.11% but nothing shows new INFI has it
 
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