if you wanted to spray something on 180 degree thin aluminum that would eat holes in the said aluminum ,what would do it the fastest? other than mercury sulfate, thanks
best chemical to dissolve aluminum?
Feb 16, 2005
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Sodium hydroxide (lye) or hydrochloric acid (muriatic acid) each attack aluminum with vigor.
Harold
I have to ask what is "180 degree thin aluminum"? I've never heard of this description.
And note that both produce explosive hydrogen in copious quantities... be careful!!
Bill
Ferric chloride will eat aluminum up pretty handily. I found this out as a kid when I didn't have a plastic container for etching a PCB, so instead I used an aluminum tray. Oops. :)
Jon
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Household ammonia
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thin aluminum at 180 degrees farenheit, sorry
williamhenry wrote: >if you wanted to spray something on 180 degree thin aluminum that >would eat holes in the said aluminum ,what would do it the fastest? >other than mercury sulfate, thanks
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In that case, you don't want to use muriatic acid (HCl). The fumes given off by the acid vaporizing on the hot aluminum would be REALLY REALLY terrible. I've heated it to 150F and it's not something that I'll do again.
Bob
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