Is this a museum, how they processed old batteries 50-100 years ago ? Modern battery recycling facilties do it automatically. Here an example :...
I watched the video, the man explains it clearly, but I consider this sand as too coarse which compromises fine details. And even with a low...
HT1: Maybe I am not clear enough. There are two scenarios: 1. 'cold' use, i.e. with fan ON which uses the left exhaust in the drawing and forces...
In my indoor lab I have a fume hood which I have been using successfully for years. I use it for some experiments where I need venting off stinky...
Billy Elmore: Adding Mg metal *under* the level of cast iron which is above the boiling point of Mg is like adding pieces of ice in an oil bath...
Well, I did add a table spoonful of Mg lathings mixed with FeSi to about 700g of cast iron. A vigorous reaction occurred and then I stirred the...
Using an electric furnace should work well for aluminum. I have one which I use for copper, it is 1400W and melts 500g of copper in less than an...
Well, NiMg3 is probably an alloy of Nickel and only 3% Magnesium, so that does not ignite when thrown into the iron bath. But for amateurs ? I...
Finally I managed to cast the same shells in cast iron. https://www.metallab.net/forums/Ironcast-20221112.mp4 Here a few photos. After casting,...
Really nice video ! I have watched this. It is from Tata Steel a large Indian steelmaker. This works is still old fashioned with blast furnaces,...
Now I remember that in 1978 I did apprenticeship at an iron foundry making automobile parts where they made a kind of ductile / malleable iron...
I tried the method of adding Mg metal + Ferrosilicon to liquid cast iron to convert it to ductile iron. I melted cast iron and when it was fully...
What would it otherwise be ? Aluminum does not spontaneously ignite when added to molten copper. I have done this before for making aluminum...
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