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"Phil Kangas" wrote in message ... Please don't try this without a vapor hood, eih? phil k. http://www.wimp.com/cokecans/ Good link Phil. Thanks. I was etching some 3mm x 10mm aluminium flat bar brackets in sodium hydroxide so I could paint them. I forgot a batch and left them etching overnight. In the morning there was absolutely no bracket metal left at all, only a white paste in the bottom of the container - bugger! |
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:05:48 -0500, "Phil Kangas"
wrote: Please don't try this without a vapor hood, eih? phil k. http://www.wimp.com/cokecans/ Interesting! Considering that the video originated in a university (well, Nottingham, anyway :-) chemistry department their explanations were somewhat sloppy. What was the nature of the fumes? Hydrogen on the acid side? I have never tried etching aluminum but this gives me some ideas... Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC |
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On Nov 24, 8:20*pm, wrote:
... What was the nature of the fumes? Hydrogen on the acid side? I have never tried etching aluminum but this gives me some ideas... Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC NaOH and Al also generate hydrogen. |
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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh writes:
They stir the liquid, accelerating the process, but they also promote undercutting of any resist you apply. Must have undercut the plastic internal coating on the aluminum, which the teacher was too much of a dunce to recognize. |
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On Nov 24, 4:20*pm, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote: fired this volley : What was the nature of the fumes? Hydrogen on the acid side? I have never tried etching aluminum but this gives me some ideas... It was hydrogen, as you guessed, with liquid mist incorporated. Aluminum may be etched with a number of substances. *Bubbles of gas liberated during etching have both good and bad effects. *They stir the liquid, accelerating the process, but they also promote undercutting of any resist you apply. Ferric chloride does an amazingly good job on aluminum. *(yeah, the same stuff you use to etch copper-clad pcb material.) *But you do have to agitate it, for lack of stirring bubbles. LLoyd works*on*steel*too. |
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: works˙on˙steel˙too. How? It might scavange other metals from the alloy, leaving the iron to be washed away as dust, but it's already iron "fully burnt" with chlorine. It's iron chloride. LLoyd |
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On Nov 25, 4:25*am, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote: " fired this volley : works˙on˙steel˙too. How? *It might scavange other metals from the alloy, leaving the iron to be washed away as dust, but it's already iron "fully burnt" with chlorine. * It's iron chloride. Iron forms both ferric and ferrous ions (so it's only 'fully burnt' when it loses the third electron). |
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I generally avoid double negatives, because they aren't clear, while
contradicting, and preventing misunderstanding of failures to communicate while reversely obfuscating the absence of clarity. "Please perform only within a fume hood" would been more clear. The hydroxide really did a job. Did you watch any of the other videos? This was fun. Serious talent. http://www.wimp.com/buildsinstrument/ -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Phil Kangas" wrote in message ... Please don't try this without a vapor hood, eih? phil k. http://www.wimp.com/cokecans/ |
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whit3rd fired this volley in news:53f38714-2781-41e3-
: Iron forms both ferric and ferrous ions (so it's only 'fully burnt' when it loses the third electron). Yep. That wouldn't work, except I forgot that ferric chloride dissociates in water solution, and becomes highly acidic. That allows the FeCl3 to form ferric ions and HCl, and then in contact with iron, dissolves more to form ferrous ions. I take it back .... WOH, not "HOW?". LLoyd |
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:31:52 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote: whit3rd fired this volley in news:53f38714-2781-41e3- : Iron forms both ferric and ferrous ions (so it's only 'fully burnt' when it loses the third electron). Yep. That wouldn't work, except I forgot that ferric chloride dissociates in water solution, and becomes highly acidic. That allows the FeCl3 to form ferric ions and HCl, and then in contact with iron, dissolves more to form ferrous ions. I take it back .... WOH, not "HOW?". LLoyd I use it on steel all the time. it works OK. Don't get as deep an etch as I get with electricity and common salt. Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC |
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:20:25 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote: fired this volley in : What was the nature of the fumes? Hydrogen on the acid side? I have never tried etching aluminum but this gives me some ideas... It was hydrogen, as you guessed, with liquid mist incorporated. Aluminum may be etched with a number of substances. Bubbles of gas liberated during etching have both good and bad effects. They stir the liquid, accelerating the process, but they also promote undercutting of any resist you apply. Ferric chloride does an amazingly good job on aluminum. (yeah, the same stuff you use to etch copper-clad pcb material.) But you do have to agitate it, for lack of stirring bubbles. Thanks. I learn something every day. I will try Ferric Chloride (my best friend!). I wonder if aluminum would be amenable to some form of electro-etching. Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC |
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