Recommend an Alloy or Element
Recommend an Alloy or Element
(OP)
Please recommend an Alloy or Element with the following properties:
Looks like gold (lusterous and yellow/brown)
Has a melting point above 1100.c
Doesn’t corrode easily
Is non toxic
Mohs greater than 4.0
Is fairly common/cheap
Looks like gold (lusterous and yellow/brown)
Has a melting point above 1100.c
Doesn’t corrode easily
Is non toxic
Mohs greater than 4.0
Is fairly common/cheap
RE: Recommend an Alloy or Element
Is the melting point the only temperature you're bothered about? Lots of metals experience significant property changes well below their melting points.
Do you want to be more specific about the conditions you want it not to corrode in? (To some folk, 316 is corrosion-resistant: In my world, it rots faster than you can replace it)
Mohs is a really unusual scale to use for metallic hardness (and no strength requirement?).
How cheap is fairly cheap? Are we talking cheaper than gold, cheaper than Inconel, cheaper than Stainless?
RE: Recommend an Alloy or Element
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RE: Recommend an Alloy or Element
I have successfully done this with stainless steel, titanium (below) and molybdenum. It looks great. But I want to find a golden colored alloy also. Copper unfortunately melted and oxidized of course.
(Other colors like blue and red lustrous alloys would also be cool)
If it’s cheaper than gold it would be good.
The corrosion resistance and hardness isn’t so important. I just don’t want it to oxidize in the kiln or after it’s cooked.
RE: Recommend an Alloy or Element
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The Monels I've worked with tend to be white.
IRstuff's suggestion of Kovar sounds inspired (if not cheap).
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I also came across Molybdenum Gold cutting wire (aka EDM wire).
I will also try Hematite.