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In article , Andy Dingley wrote:
On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 07:49:54 GMT, mark
wrote:

Could a person melt brass or bronze

Go with bronze ("copper" loose change is good, but sort it with a magnet
first) Brass has the problem of zinc boil-off, which is significant for
small loadings.

I've been hearing this for years from knowledgeable folk, so it's
probably correct. I'm just glad I didn't know it in 9th grade when I
made a cast brass fireplace tool bracket. I just got some scrap brass,
melted it in the Jr. High foundry & poured it into a sand mold. It
polished up nicely, and is still bolted to the side of my Mom's fireplace
40 years later. I have no idea how I got away with it, but it worked
great. The brass was mixed chunks from the Los Alamos surplus yard, and
could have been all sorts of alloys.

Doug White