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- From: jarmala@pcuf.fi (Ari J{rm{l{)
- Subject: Re: Help me find Wood's Metal, please.
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:39:18 GMT
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- > Question is, where can I get Woods Metal? I called a stained
- >glass place, a fire sprinkler company (they use glass fusible
- >links now), a welding supply company, and consulted our machine
- >shop. No luck. ANY helpful suggestions would be most welcome!
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- If you cannot find anyone selling it why don't you prepare it
- yourself? CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics lists Wood's metal
- to be (m.p. 70 C)
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- Bi 50 %
- Pb 25 %
- Sn 12.5 %
- Cd 12.5 %
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- The cadmium in it would make me to hesitate... Would Newton's
- metal do (m.p. 97 C):
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- Bi 50 %
- Sn 18.8 %
- Pb 31.2 %
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- Ari Jarmala (the three 'a's are umlauted),
- o o
- at 60 19'49" N 24 18'38" E
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