Cryogenic treatment of drill bits: tested 2X lifetime and microstructure analysis https://tube.loping.net/videos/watch/4da5db17-5e08-4046-b989-5904a9223c60 I bought some HSS stub drills, and treated half of them with liquid nitrogen, which improved their wear resistance dramatically. I also look at the change in microstructure with an electron microscope. Performance of cryogenically treated M35 HSS drills - http://sci-hub.ru/10.1007/s00170-011-3616-8 Performance of cryogenically treated HSS tools - http://sci-hub.ru/10.1016/j.wear.2006.01.017 Effects of Cryogenic Treatment on the Strength Properties - http://sci-hub.ru/10.1088/1757-899X/229/1/012014 LN2 generator video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PWESWqhD8s Heat treatment of steel video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulfCxDsVTWo Source of drill bits: https://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/125/2508 Temperature logger (discontinued, unfortunately): https://www.adafruit.com/product/3081 3M fine polishing pads: https://www.amazon.com/Tri-M-Ite-Polishing-Abrasive-Assorted-Sheets/dp/B07CP9CCH4/ Delorean patent on cryogenic torsion bar: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4378658 Steel grain structure inspection, and overall great channel for material analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuHofNW40Yw Steel grain structure video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SIr2sBHxA4 Applied Science on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AppliedScience Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:16:06 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.loping.net Cryogenic treatment of drill bits: tested 2X lifetime and microstructure analysis https://tube.loping.net/lazy-static/avatars/8a56e488-2120-4649-a417-badf5893657b.png https://tube.loping.net/videos/watch/4da5db17-5e08-4046-b989-5904a9223c60 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.loping.net/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.