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Aluminum needs temps around 3000 degrees.
C or F?
F
Sorry, pede. Pure aluminum melts at 1220.58 F. The MP of common alloys can vary but don’t exceed ~1250 F.
Sauce (there are two) - “The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics” and “The Condensed Chemical Dictionary”. I had a misspent youth as a chemist.
I have personally melted aluminum for casting over a blown charcoal fire.
A quick web search would have saved you from looking like a bullshitter.
Right, your article says PURE ALUMINUM, not aluminum with the oxide coating it naturally gets.
So, you think that a few ten thou of AlO2 is going to insulate the body of the chunk of Al from the 1400 F that a wood /charcoal fire generates? Also, IIRC, I quoted a figure for common alloys, many of which are eutectic. That’s one of then there SCIENCE words meaning the alloy exhibits a lower melting point than any of the constituent metals.
I guess you missed the part where I wrote that I have personally melted scrap Al alloy, to include chunks of wheels, over a wood and charcoal fire for casting. The fire was blown using a common lawn blower (sort of like a strong wind).
BTW, have you ever seen Al burn? I watched a 7200V Al power line knocked down in an ice storm bounce around until it hit a good ground in a puddle of salty water. It burned like a fuse right up to the pole transformer, which, BTW, exploded spectacularly.
Googling says 1218 degrees, higher if alloyed with other metals as rims normally are alloys.
You need to get through the oxide coating first tho, that requires some serious heat
Well I'm not bullshitting fren, just coming at from a different perspective.
When you weld aluminum you need to be meticulous in cleaning off the oxide coating ... why do you think TIG welders need to reach such incredibly high temperatures?
Good to know. I had commented only because I had read an earlier comment that aluminum will melt at lower temps, so I tried to double check to figure out which commenter knows the truth. In this case, the truth is bit more complex.
Yeah, aluminum can be hard to weld - I sucked at it. Lol.