Abromination - 9-3-2019 at 00:36
I have been working on adding bismuth to my element collection and got the blackish metal powder with ease, although have stopped short of melting it
due to its tendency to oxidise or evaporate. Conveniently, NileRed made another video on bismuth recently and someone in the comments mentioned the
use of carbon powder as as sort of flux to prevent oxidation. To me it makes sense, but does anyone else see this as feasible?
fusso - 9-3-2019 at 10:14
To me, wax looks better as it'll fill air pockets and float easier than charcoal.
[Edited on 190309 by fusso]
Abromination - 9-3-2019 at 21:12
I should have searched the forums better, there is already a thread on this. Feel free to delete this. According to it, parifin wax does not work but
charcoal does as a solid flux.
j_sum1 - 9-3-2019 at 21:33
Do you want to post the link to the other thread?
Abromination - 9-3-2019 at 22:31
Whoops, forgot. Been a long day
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=76183