A frequent demonstration in high school and college chemistry classes is the simple burning of magnesium.
it burns very brightly !
A local business gave me a pile of Metal Welding Rod about 5 years ago.
Now I am trying to sell it - if I can figure out what it is.
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Demon-ERAZ92A-magnesium-welding/dp/B00I4WXU6C?th=1
That's the part number though it is 3 tubes, 15 pounds.
Retails is $100 a pound, so it's a bit of a windfall.
But I don't understand. Magnesium is wonderfully (?) flammable, in an oxygen atmosphere.
I guess maybe that's the "Inert Gas" part of TIG or MIG welding.
So, do "they" actually weld with Magnesium rod ?
What other parts do you weld with it - do THEY have to be magnesium ?
no offense to Magnesium, though it may be a common metal in the earth's crust, it's not a common metal in consumer products. Some computers use it, though IMO that is a terrible design choice because it is Flammable.
it burns very brightly !
A local business gave me a pile of Metal Welding Rod about 5 years ago.
Now I am trying to sell it - if I can figure out what it is.
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Demon-ERAZ92A-magnesium-welding/dp/B00I4WXU6C?th=1
That's the part number though it is 3 tubes, 15 pounds.
Retails is $100 a pound, so it's a bit of a windfall.
But I don't understand. Magnesium is wonderfully (?) flammable, in an oxygen atmosphere.
I guess maybe that's the "Inert Gas" part of TIG or MIG welding.
So, do "they" actually weld with Magnesium rod ?
What other parts do you weld with it - do THEY have to be magnesium ?
no offense to Magnesium, though it may be a common metal in the earth's crust, it's not a common metal in consumer products. Some computers use it, though IMO that is a terrible design choice because it is Flammable.
