[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 94, Issue 12

[Bruce Freeman]

I immediately thought of Raney
nickel:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raney_nickel which is a catalyst
used to turn vegetable oil into trans fats for your margarine 8^).

Mix molten nickel and aluminum, then etch the resulting ingot to a
powder with strong lye.  The powder, once activated, is the catalyst.

But the Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raney_nickel
notes that this can be done with other metals than nickel, including
iron.

Now WHY one would want an "aluminum steel" is entirely another question...

On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Andy Gladish <anjgladish at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I need to call BS on something that Hodges said on the newest
> Bones- "...an alloy of aluminum and steel..."
> There IS no such thing, yes no?
> Andy G
> ______________________________________________________________
> TheForge mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
>
> TheForge mail list group photo site is
> http://www.photoworks.com
> Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
> Password: anvil
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>



-- 
Bruce
NJ