Talk:Maraging steel

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[edit] Pronunciation

I only heard this word spoken until a few months ago. When I first read it, I assumed it was pronounced "marriaging"...and didn't know what the article was about. We should include pronunciation, unfortunately I don't know the phonetic alphabet. It's pronounced "MAWR-age'ing" by my professors, if anyone wants to take care of that.--Joel 19:22, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I should say that I only know this through fencing circles, but I've heard it pronounced "ma-rar-jing" (emphasis therefore on second syllable) - whether this is a commonly accepted pronunciation, I could not say. Laurenendorian 20:45, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

I've always said Mar-age'ing , reflecting the root of the word- Martensite Aging. I struggle with the above two pronounciations, but maybe that is a nationality/accent thing (I'm a British fencer and engineer). Epeeist smudge 11:46, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Soft?

Salient features describe the material as "soft". I struggle to think that a 2500 MPa steel is going to be soft, in respect of having a low Vickers or Brinnell number. What are we trying say here? Ductile perhaps? Epeeist smudge 11:50, 2 March 2007 (UTC)