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How to alloy Iron and Bismuth

jock88 - 5-12-2014 at 06:36


Following on from the Gold/Ti alloy thread has anyone any pointers on how to allow Iron with Bi?
I have read that Bi will alloy with no other metal.

J88

Bert - 5-12-2014 at 07:51

Bismuth is very common in Low melting point alloys. Wood's metal, Cerrobend, etc.

What is the intended purpose of an Iron alloy with this?

bismuthate - 5-12-2014 at 07:51

Bismuth alloys with plenty of metals such as indium.

jock88 - 5-12-2014 at 11:40

Silly mistake.

I forgot that Bismuth will not alloy Iron, not all other metals.

http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/63/7/10.106...

The article above says " .................Amorphous phases in the completely immiscible Bi‐Fe system were formed for the first time by ion mixing and magnetron cosputtering......................


Perhaps I could incorporate some lead.
http://amg-v.com/bismuthpage.html

Bert - 5-12-2014 at 11:47

Leaded Iron alloys are fairly well known, they are used in mould blocks or similar machine that requires smooth cuts and fine details. Bismuth is sometimes added to these-

(Edit)
Yes, all in your link! I knew of it from bullet casting/mould material selection.