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Alec Steele (youtube blacksmith) installed a particulate filter into his grinding room before he branched off into exotic metals. He also started keeping his sh
by hinkley 1y ago
Alec Steele (youtube blacksmith) installed a particulate filter into his grinding room before he branched off into exotic metals. He also started keeping his shop floor a lot cleaner.
Both because you probably shouldn't breathe that shit in, and also magnesium and titanium dust are very enthusiastic about combusting. Everyone knows about magnesium but nobody knows titanium is almost as surly.
- jimmaswell 1y ago> magnesium and titanium dust are very enthusiastic about combusting Iron dust too. Make sure to keep it away from your pre-lit candles: https://youtu.be/vZ3Pi1QBAlQ https://youtu.be/vZ3Pi1QBAlQ
- hinkley 1y agoDon't let your rust and aluminum filings mix too well either. It's bad.
- IAmBroom 1y agoOK, this has gotten silly. Almost ANY small particle in a light-density air suspension (dust cloud) will ignite. Certainly anything that oxidizes is prone to going WHOOF! around flames. This includes non-dairy creamers, paint spray, insecticide sprays (canned or pumped), and sawdust tossed over a fire.
- hinkley 1y agoCorn silos know about this intimately. I was referring to thermite though.
- kadoban 1y agoTrue, dust of combustable stuff can be very dangerous if it accumulates, and the things that will combust as dust are not terribly predictable. Eg, flour is a _serious_ explosion risk if it's mixed with the right amount of air.
- butlike 1y agoSo am I to understand we could theoretically make tempered magnesium swords that explode when struck?
- hinkley 1y agoIt’s a matter of surface area. You’d have to ask a chemist, this is far above my pay grade.