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Lanthanum metal cleaning

urenthesage - 28-6-2022 at 12:29

Can anyone suggest an acid I could use to clean lumps of lanthanum metal without dissolving it away?

Herr Haber - 29-6-2022 at 01:47

Let me guess, you ordered some from China and it arrived in saran wrap with the best part of it as oxide ?

urenthesage - 29-6-2022 at 11:15

It was shipped in Canada, and its just a tarnish layer, its silvery underneath.