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Old February 13th, 2012, 10:42   #47
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Originally Posted by turok_t View Post
RA-Tech nozzle is aluminum, which means it is more brittle, and more prone to shattering compared to the stock plastic nozzle which has some degree of flexibility and give.
Do you mean the other way around? The mechanical properties of AL 6061 are all superior than that of ABS, fracture toughness, yield strength, fatigue strength are all magnitudes greater.

I'm just going by what RATech claim they use for their nozzles.
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