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RVM45

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Smelt Metals in a Microwave
« on: August 04, 2009, 06:34:11 PM »
Don't know if any of y'all do any home smelting...

But Metallurgy is a branch of Chemistry.

Here's a dude that has went to some pains to perfect a smelting technique using a regular home microwave. Check it out:

http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/mvpage.html

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Re: Smelt Metals in a Microwave
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2009, 06:46:19 PM »
Oh yes I have seen this article before and I've been interested in doing it. I even have a bag of what I believe to be silicon carbide. If I can ever located it again, I would like to try to make a nice crucible out of it. Not to sure how I'd go about making the fairly coarse silicon carbide into a crucible though.

Also.. they didn't seem to have much luck with silicon carbide, so that is dissapointing, but if I remember correctly I've seen other places on the net that have claimed success with SiC as an absorber.
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