[TheForge] reclaiming copper

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

comments below.

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, James Binnion wrote:

> Terry,
>
> Dan is absolutly correct.
>

i really do not care whether dan is or or is not correct.
his condescending attitude is a turn off.

>
> Copper and iron are soluble in each other.
> I guarantee your steel crucibles will alloy with the copper
> and it will dissolve the crucible in short order.
>

define 'short order'.
are we talking catastrophic failure in a single use?
are we talking catastrophic failure in a two uses?

>
> Iron based crucibles are somewhat ok for aluminum and lower temp
> metals but no good for higher temp metals.
>

i have silicon carbide crucibles for aluminum and brass.

>
> Jim
>

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