helzblack
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Aluminum and potassium chloride
What is the reason potassium chloride is used as flux for aluminum casting? What products does it make?
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RU_KLO
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A ternary mixture of KCl, NaCl and KF may be used as a molten flux cover during melting of aluminum scrap. This practice minimizes oxidation of the
liquid metal, and allows the existing oxide layer to be stripped from the scrap more readily
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289396654_Effect_of...
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Can borax be used like it is for copper?
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I highly doubt. I make potassium tetraborate that I use to braze steel, copper and copper alloys with. Have the potassium ion cuts why back on the
glare and I can actually SEE the molten weld puddle.
Every flux formulation for aluminum and alloys that I’ve seen is halide based and usually contains lithium chloride and fluoride compounds.
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