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Making Pinchbeck Brass
Another promising option is [b]aluminum bronze[/b], a mixture of about 90% copper and 10% aluminum. ...
25-4-2018 at 03:58
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Pinchbeck Brass
I found this neat graphic on this site: http://cascadecoil.com/2014/12/gold-silver-bronze-your-guide ...
23-4-2018 at 13:48
by: MrHomeScientist
How toxic is methanol actually?
If I ever spill methanol on my skin, I go take a shot of rum just in case :D
23-4-2018 at 07:56
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Pinchbeck Brass
I did; some borax before each zinc addition. Perhaps not enough?

[Edited on 4-23-2018 by MrHomeScie ...
22-4-2018 at 19:20
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Pinchbeck Brass
I finished off the brass series this weekend by adding two new ingots to the collection. Same proced ...
22-4-2018 at 16:14
by: MrHomeScientist
Fun Phosphorus Speculations
[rquote=515014&tid=82090&author=Magpie]Stench is no problem, just turn on the hood fan.

I ...
20-4-2018 at 10:22
by: MrHomeScientist
Fun Phosphorus Speculations
I think it's interesting to compare the above process for making phosphorus to the ones being done i ...
20-4-2018 at 06:50
by: MrHomeScientist
What is cause of global warming? Heat or gases?
He (and I) are trying to point out that your chart:

[file]67502[/file]

clearly shows that the ...
18-4-2018 at 09:55
by: MrHomeScientist
What is cause of global warming? Heat or gases?
[rquote=514628&tid=81554&author=byko3y][b]MrHomeScientist[/b]Ocean contains approx 40 000 gi ...
17-4-2018 at 11:59
by: MrHomeScientist
What is cause of global warming? Heat or gases?
I'm reluctant to butt in, but if I understand that picture correctly the up arrows are carbon releas ...
17-4-2018 at 07:07
by: MrHomeScientist
The trouble with neodymium...
I ran into a similar problem. We found that just adding the [u]solid[/u] K[sub]2[/sub]SO[sub]4[/sub] ...
17-4-2018 at 05:35
by: MrHomeScientist
Google's search results have changed drastically!
Because he's trying to acquire reagents and apparatus from online suppliers?

I haven't noticed an ...
16-4-2018 at 10:02
by: MrHomeScientist
Mercury...again
[rquote=514473&tid=81923&author=XeonTheMGPony]

Old medical offices some even pay me to ta ...
16-4-2018 at 06:10
by: MrHomeScientist
The trouble with neodymium...
Doesn't look like anyone knows! Unfortunately blogfast isn't around currently to answer. Perhaps som ...
16-4-2018 at 06:02
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Pinchbeck Brass
I did some more calculations on my results. It gets a little complicated!

tl;dr - I was aiming fo ...
15-4-2018 at 14:53
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Pinchbeck Brass
I had trouble getting a nice picture of the samples too. It's hard to capture the true colors. In th ...
15-4-2018 at 05:53
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Pinchbeck Brass
Good luck, EC1! Alloying pennies together is a great idea. The consistent masses between pennies sho ...
14-4-2018 at 19:26
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Pinchbeck Brass
Is the borax added before or after melting? Before adding zinc? Should it be dehydrated first or jus ...
13-4-2018 at 12:19
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Pinchbeck Brass
From the SA article I linked:
[quote]First, melt the least fusible of the metals (that requiring th ...
12-4-2018 at 12:55
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Pinchbeck Brass
EC1, that's really great information! Thanks for taking the time to post all that. That supports my ...
12-4-2018 at 09:30
by: MrHomeScientist
Isolation of barium metal from baryte sample
Aluminum may not work as you think it would. The change in enthalpy is extremely positive at 1172 kJ ...
10-4-2018 at 11:41
by: MrHomeScientist
Isolation of barium metal from baryte sample
I could have sworn there was a thread here on this topic, but I can't find it right now. If I rememb ...
10-4-2018 at 10:08
by: MrHomeScientist
Reduction of KCr(SO4)2
Not sure about the pottery stuff; I've never had access to a good pottery supplier. My intuition say ...
10-4-2018 at 05:35
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Pinchbeck Brass
When should the flux be added? Before or after melting? How much flux per melt? I assume it needs to ...
9-4-2018 at 12:42
by: MrHomeScientist
Reduction of KCr(SO4)2
Awesome! Was your sulfur mixed throughout as a heat booster, or did you just use it in a pile on top ...
9-4-2018 at 12:33
by: MrHomeScientist
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