DMSE Presents Wootz Findings

May 9, 2015

Students in DMSE's capstone course 3.042 will present their work on Wootz steel replication on 05.12.15 @ 3pm in the Chipman Room (6-104). Wootz steel orginated in south India in six century BC and is characterized by bands of ultra-high, micro-carbides within a tempered martensite or pearlite matrix.

 

Image: Detail of Wootz knife. Image courtesty of northshoreforge.com