Originally Posted by dertsap  are you referring to low or high carbon steel , high chromium ,tungsten type , moly ,d2 , t1 ? what about heat treat ? |
Doesn't matter much; the Elastic Modulus, E, which is a measure of the deflection under load is nearly the same for all steels. It also does not matter whether it is heat treated or annealed; heat treated only means it will deform to a greater amount elastically but it does not alter the amount of elastic deformation for a given load.