MIXING METALS - MOLTEN COPPER BRASS & ALUMINIUM TOGETHER - DROP TEST INCLUDED
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PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME AS BRASS CONTAINS ZINC AND ZINC WILL BOIL AT 907 DEGREES CELSIUS AND ADDING ZINC TO MOLTEN COPPER AT 1100 DEGREES CELSIUS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NOT REALLY THE SMARTEST THING TO DO :)
I decided to mixed up COPPER BRASS and ALUMINIUM into 2 ingots and only quench one of them and see if the mixed combinations of metals in there final ingot form were brittle or not .
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I didn't tried it at home.
Instead, I did it in front of police station. They were nice enought to give me a room for a night and some friends as company.
A nice warm bed and all the cuddles you could want 😉what more could you ask for 😳😲
Yea would love to accompany, dear
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And 3 meals a day
Yu did!?
Perfect. Now separate them again.
Damn Javier that’s a job for someone else I recon 🤔🤨
Javier Charlier entropia
This comment felt in love me to you
try filtering??
Filtering? I’ll just send them to Cody’s Lab i recon 👍🏻
*Kids dont try this at home*
Ima try it on my neighbors house.
Yeah it’s definitely easier that way my friend 😁
e x o.미카사 damn 😁
Nice idea
He said KIDS dont tryat home. You can do it if youre an adult.
Sure can matey 👍🏻😆
1:26 "kids don't try this at home"...
*tries at friends house*
😅😆😄 LOL
You beat me to it.
This is underrated
Lol
Okay, I will try it at outside house,
what happened at 0:49 it was the zinc from the brass alloy oxidizing with oxygen from the air because zinc has a relatively low boiling point all you need to do to stop this is to use a flux to prevent oxygen from reaching the zinc like boric acid which can be found in cockroach killer
Mina Nabil or borax i believe as well, but how much do you need and can you start the foundry with it in it?
Mina Nabil
my firsy thought was that there was aluminum oxide catching fire.
william Greene most refractory is made of alumina as well, tough stuff
the problem is thermal shock
i though is due to low melting point of aluminium causing the splash
Also, try adding the brass last and keep the heat on JUST until the brass melts, and keep heat on for about 5 to 10 mins. This will keep more of the zinc from burning, and gives a very interesting white gold metal
The small explosions happened because you first melted the bras, which has a higher melting point so when you added the aluminium the brass was too hot and the aluminium melted too fast. Always it is better to start melting metals with the lowest melting point and then add the others by an increasing way
Thank you for your comment, this was an early video when I knew nothing about melting metals and I asked someone who said they knew what to do and told me to do it this way clearly they were wrong . I have since learnt a lot more about metals and alloys. Be sure to check my other videos I can guarantee you they are 100 times better than this. And if ya not interested that’s cool have a great week my friend👍🏻😁🍻
@@bigstackD thanks. You have already won A new subscriber 😀😀😀. Keep working dude
Metal working is always so fascinating to me. Each metal having its own strengths and weaknesses as well as their own individual uses. Even the colors and gleams they give off. Fascinating.
1:25 "kid's don't try this at home"
Kind of a parent who gives their children copper bars and furnaces
Yeah I really should have left that but out? I’ve Copped soo much flack over it😏. But hey if molten metal does in fact interest ya be sure to drop by my channel for a second I have 100+ Casting & Melting videos I’m sure there be something you’ll like my friend if not that’s cool I hope ya had a great weekend😀. Here’s a link to save ya some time if ya want 😉
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Lol
I mean an fun and irresponsible would
I had access to an arc welder and other dangerous equipment when i was 6 or 7 and older but i never touched them because i wasnt allowed to. If parents dont watch their kids (like a good bit of parents do in the us) kids can watch this video or one from a different channel, get glimpses of the furnace and whatever materials there can be laying around and when they fire it up suddenly their parent's garage is blown up.
We live in an age where if we dont have a warning label on something, somebody, somewhere is going to use said item incorrectly and either seriously injur or kill themselves. Its smart to be saying "Do not try this at home" in a video.
MINECRAFFTT LMAO
This homemade alloy grade is much better than the previous one. :)
yeah the copper definitely makes for a stronger ingot that's for sure :)
Love the vids. Keep up the good work!
What you have made here is Aluminium Bronze. I think you burnt off the Zinc, that's what the flash was. Most Aluminium Bronze is about 10% Aluminium, yours is 33% I don't know what that will do to it's properties. It's a hard metal and is very resistant to corrosion and oxidising. It's often used in high pressure bushings and seals in industrial equipment.
Ahh bronze a strong a versatile metal
I think that it was used in engines as well...
oh that makes sense. my guess was that a thermitic reaction somehow occured, but im dumb because there arent any oxides in a crucible of MOLTEN METAL haha. cheers
@@garethjones6342 The aluminum would have had a fine coating of aluminum oxide... Alumina is normally inert but maybe it reacted due to the heat?
I wonder if machetes can be made from this?
when the aluminum in the copper alloy got up to 11% will be great strength, the aluminium bronze got resistance to corrosion
Stephen Su i work with that material (or a similar one) it's an alloy of bronze copper and aluminum and it's called BRAL it's a very tough material to machine but the pieces you make with it last a very longer time than with other materials
70/30 brass with 2% Al is a very good alloy for boiler tubes on acount of it's high strength, ductility and corrosion resistance
Hell yeah it is 🤘🏻😁🤘🏻
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Cool I'm gonna add that to cool metal lists
Well that was interesting too see. I would also be interested in seeing you melt it again and make something out of it. Or just make something out of it without melting it. Cool video
I love your channel bro I just subscribed..
I cant wait to learn more from you thanks!
I love the drop test!! This alloy is very nice!!
"Kids dont try this at home"
What are you my dad?!
*proceeds to burn house down*
🤣😂
Safeerz you wish jellyfish 👍🏻
What if he is your real dad?
No wonder this got over a million views. That was freakin awesome!!!
Wow!! Your forging equipment sure has changed over time.
Love the way you converted a beer keg into a smelter 😊
That's a beautiful looking metal.
THANKS MATEY 🤘😄🤘
Try adding those 3 metals again with tin and zinc so it can be almost look realistic between fools gold and silver.
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Just discovered your channel, i love it. Subbed! 🙃
Awesome my friend welcome aboard 😁👍🏻
congrats u made a new metal called bigstackdium
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bigstackD Casting crassnium
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Roxas Miku dude it is alloy not metal
Metal is an Alloy matey 👍🏻. But Alloy is not an element if that’s what you where going for😉
Cool idea I always wonder about mixing to what it looked like thanks
Very satisfying to watch
Bronzinium?
Yeah cool why not 🤘🏻😁🤘🏻
i guesssss
Yeah Evan it’s definitely 1 of the smarter names for it👍🏻
@@bigstackD I should trademark that shit ;)
You could but I think it’s about 300 bloody dollars to copyright names🤷🏻♂️.
Interesting
Indeed It was 👍🏻😁
I work in a factory where we have a rotomech printer and laminate different foils, films and papers together. We use a lot of solvents in the process and can’t use certain tools in certain areas. One of the things we use is aluminum bronze, not unlike what you make here but maybe a little more refined.
Thats sounds cool matey . Of all the views this video has your probably the 2nd person to say what it pretty much is. This is Aluminium Bronze with possibly a hint of zinc 😀🤘.if molten metal does in fact interest ya be sure to drop by my channel for a second I have 100+ Casting & Melting videos I’m sure there be something you’ll like my friend if not that’s cool I hope ya have a great week😀. Here’s a link to save ya some time if ya want 😉
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Good shine & no rusting. Now make decoration pieces out of it. Can make door knobs handles etc too.
Thanks bud you helped me out big time
Glad it was of use my friend 😁👍🏻
Looks like you had some mag in that aluminum
Very interesting. I'm learning to forge from a friend. And I prospect so I have gold I want to have melted down some day. Blending of metals is what I'm on now. Thanks for sharing.
No worries matey but be sure to drop by my channel there’s well over 100 melting casting vids and I even show when I make my mistakes so you don’t have to . If your getting into the melting game I’m sure you’ll find something interesting in my vids mate 😁👍🏻
That I will. Thank you.
I was scrolling back to see what the first video was I checked from you. It has to be this one! Pretty great to see you keep on going 💪
It's mix together but it's no become another
Nice video. The aluminum may have some magnesium in it. I accidentally burned some magnesium once because I thought I was melting aluminum.
what ever it was it scared the shit outa me ;)
That what it was "The aluminum may have some magnesium in it." - The very very bright white light is the burning of the mabnesium - it burns at very high temp something like 1200 c - it melts my 6mm steel thick crucible like butter and leaks molten mess every where and surely scared the shits out of me
Happened me too in 2009. The crankshaft's case i was melting came from a chainsaw, and for a light weight was added with magnesium for shure. Half meter white noisy flames, just amazing!! If the flames are quiet and yellowish, is just zink. In this video they are pretty loud, and also yellow. Probably you got both 🤣
Kids don't try this at home, as if we all have a spare foundry lying around
I know my friend but there are some crazy parents around 🤷🏻♂️👍🏻
You made this video a year ago based on comments. I am sure there are very good sites available to view on mixing metals, but this one excited me because of its basic nature. It appeals to my amateur interests. Please make more, 'lets see what happens,' videos of metal. I personaly would love to see your version of backyard bronze making.
I do a few aluminium bronze in recent videos if you want to check them out my friend👍🏻
my kid has access to guns, ammo, bows, and arrows, torches, flares, gasoline, welders, plasma cutters, keys to my car, just about everything else you can imagine knives Etc I'm not worried about her cuz I trust her cuz she's been raised since she was little to respect all the stuff.
P.S. almost forgot the most dangerous thing that she has access to!!! Wait for it wait for it...
RUclips.... people just kill me the way they want to blame everybody else for the mistakes they made as a parent it's never my fault is apparent! My kid watches RUclips all the time she's learned so much from it. Good and bad! Big stack thank you for your videos buddy I just bought some copper like you make on eBay. I think they just look cool I don't know that I ever want to smelt any of that stuff down cuz I have a bad back I don't think I could bend over and do all that stuff I have to make it table height or something.
Creates new superalloy, patents it, becomes richest man on earth
If I don’t blow myself up in the process 😀
Yeah aluminum bronze totally wasn't a thing before.
What if you mixed some grass into the aluminum
Grass 🤷🏻♂️nah that’ll just float in top it would never mix 😉
@@bigstackD names it stronk stalinium
Now that looks like real Nordic Gold to me. Even if you add zinc and tin, it looks almost like real gold to me.
The brass already contains zinc
Another enormously entertaining video. I did miss the ice, though.
Brand new watcher (and subscriber as of when I post my comment) and I really like your style of video. I love on-screen commentary.
Thanks mate and welcome aboard . 😀👍😉
Can you do a strength test? You might have discovered the hardest yet the lightest metal on earth,lol. But thanks man for doing this since I wondered what would it look like if you mix these things.
No worries mate I’m glad it was of interest to you. Be sure to jump over and check my other videos they’re definitely a lot better than this one😁👍🏻
Is called a "Mithrill"?
@@bigstackD could have been magnesium in with the aluminum. Seen it when I melted lead weight.. few were magnesium what a mess .. was making a hammer head.
the elements in here (Aluminum, Zinc, copper) sound a lot like Nordic gold with some weird ratios (and no tin)
@@among-us-99999 huh?
That giant spark was the zinc in the brass vaporizing
Cheers mate yeah she nearly took the top of the furnace off about 2 minutes later wen I had the camera off , scared me half to bloody death. 😳😳.
Anyway Deathwolf if molten metal does in fact interest ya be sure to drop by my channel for a second I have 140+Casting & Melting videos I’m sure there be something you’ll like my friend if not that’s cool I hope you have a great week😀. Here’s a link to save ya some time if ya want 😉
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Going from your recent uploads to ones that you did a couple of years ago... and notice the upgrade in your equipment.... Makes me think I could start casting, with shelling out a ton of money for equipment....
I'm looking to preheat the air that's drawn in through the vent in the gas feed tube. Having cold air going in must be sapping some of the potential heat. This is why blast furnaces use extremely hot air to feed them. We are talking about heating the air thousands of degrees. I think a good butmore modest electric heat gun placed by the air intake should enable much higher temperatures to be reached in the furnace.
Can you mix the metals, silver,gold and platinum...... mix all those in equal amount, may be it would be the world's rich metal.. plz try, I'm waiting to see ..😍
I’m sorry my friend I would absolutely love to make something like that but unfortunately I don’t have any gold or platinum and the tiniest amount of silver less than an ounce. sorry😞
@@bigstackD 😢😢ok
@@forme2239 rip
Pretty cool idea! Though I can't find any uses for it...
Yeah I’ll have to make a very small blade as there not much of it there. but either way it’s a welcome addition to my stack. But hey if molten metal does in fact interest ya be sure to drop by my channel for a second I have 100+ Casting & Melting videos I’m sure there be something you’ll like my friend if not that’s cool I hope ya have a great week😀. Here’s a link to save ya some time if ya want 😉
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bigstackD Casting Thank you! Appreciate that you read all your comments!😃
As a small youtuber I understand you. Is extremely different to get attention with auch a specific channel topic. I always have a look at the creator of intresting Videos like yours. I subbed you, to see what will come up in the future.😄
As you probably already saw, I also do a little bit of metal casting. I casted a solid slingshot out of copper. You may like it.
Those older videos are in German, however, I am working to translate them using subtiles, as I already did with the new ones.
I also want to start with Iron casting using either thermite or my metal foundry.
However, I couldn't find a way of mounting my crucible into the oven. For that I need some kind of material which has a higher melting point than iron. Of course it should be as cheap as possible.
Can you give me some tips?
Because my ofen uses hardwood as a fuel I can't put the crucible at the bottom.🤔
Thats cool mate i haven't seen your videos yet but i did sub to you and ill check em out wen i get some time matey. Not really sure what crucible to use for iron ? if your melting cast iron then a Clay/Graphite crucible would work fine but if your melting pure iron then thats about 300 degrees hotter so that would be scary and i dont think clay/graphite will hold up as well but i have never tried it and i dont think i ever will but goodluck anyway mate and be safe.👍😀
Is Copper your favorite metal to melt? Also, have you experimented on making your own special Recipe mixtures with a good outcome on the alloy created?
That is one beautiful ingot sir, I applaud.
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When it exploded I think it was because the zinc from the brass reacted with the air and caused the explosion. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I honestly have no idea🤷🏻♂️
0:49 that was the zinc burning off
LOoks like much fun to mix all kind of metals and look what comes out.
Definitely is my friend as long as it is done safely and probably not how I do it🤭😁
Now i will apply this technique into my battleship
Whoa so cool
Thanks matey I’m glad you liked it, But hey if molten metal does in fact interest ya be sure to drop by my channel for a second I have 100+ Casting & Melting videos I’m sure there be something you’ll like my friend if not that’s cool I hope ya have a great week😀. Here’s a link to save ya some time if ya want 😉
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bigstackD Casting yeah hi thanks, you earned subscriber and you're video's make my day
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bigstackD Casting yep
Zinc reacts with oxygen when you added aluminium. That is the simple reason for that splashing.
Yeah that’s what I thought it was too matey 🤔👍🏻
that looks really cool!
Love watching your vids . Its strangely mesmerizing . I was wondering if you had ever thought about getting some old golf clubs with titanium heads and melting them ? Can your furnace get hot enough ? From memory you need about 1700c I think.
U MADE GOLD!!!!
It does look like it👍🏻. Ide say it’s closer to Aluminium bronze with a hint of Zinc but bugger it let’s just say gold😉🤫
bigstackD Casting ok lets say so 👍
It would’ve broke from dropping it lol
Lord Sin Cara I think it's actually just called aluminum bronze
Do you play wotb???
Thank God Nothing Dark Happened!
Phew!
Yeah you said it pal👍🏻. If you like molten metals , alloy making and castings be sure to drop in on my channel Im sure theres something you like😁😉
Sure....
Thank you for Giving a 💓!
No worries my friend 😀
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Finally I waited someone to do these.
Cool bro I hope ya liked it . I do alot of alloys on my channel if your interested, links below if ya wana check it out😁👍🏻.
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Love your videos......here's a future challenge for ya......make a piece sign casting your own hand giving it.....That will rock on your shelf
The bright burst was the zinc burning from the brass
Yeah ide Say so matey 😁👍🏻. Hey while I’ve got your attention if molten metal interests ya be sure to drop by my channel for a second I have 100+ Casting & Melting videos I’m sure there be something you’ll like my friend if not have a great weekend😀. Here’s a link to save ya some time if ya want 😉
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I am listening the background music after a long time i just love it can anyone give link to it ..please
Well I can give you a link to it my friend 😁it’s a free song on the iMovie app . It is quite relaxing isn’t it. Hey if molten metal interests ya be sure to drop by my channel for a second I have 100+ Casting & Melting videos I’m sure there be something you’ll like my friend if not have a great weekend😀. Here’s a link to save ya some time if ya want 😉
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bigstackD Casting thank you soo much 🤗🤗
My pleasure 😃
bigstackD Casting nice collection tho
I'm glad i'm not a kid anymore, i'll try it now
Cool vid, thanks bro
You made an Aluminium Bronze family alloy.
+lord Cochran . Cool. This particular alloy was a welcome addition to my collection 👍🏻
That was zinc burning off.
So that explosion thing at 0:49 was the zinc in the alloy vaporizing right? I'm pretty sure it was because zincs boiling point is pretty low. So that means zinc is completely removed from the alloy as it vaporizes to smoke?
Its an alluminum bronze. Best in bushings, brittle hard to machine. I Personally mixed it up to make special bushings.
Yeah mate you right on definitely Aluminium Bronze after the zinc clearly burned off I recon . Mate you should Check out the 3 kg aluminium bronze bar I made from scrap it’s an absolute beauty😁👍🏻
Wow turn into gold ehh
Certainly does look like it my friend. I wish it was🤘🏻😁🤘🏻
Fools gold sadly...
Actually matey if you melt fools gold it would burn of all the sulfur and leave you with iron ore powder and it would be quite magnetic. 😉👍.
This vdio deserve 100 million views 😉😉😉
Tell ya what mate if this vid gets 100 million views I’ll send you one of my huge ingots brass copper bronze you choose😉👍🏻
Also Be sure to drop by my channel I’m sure there will be something you’ll enjoy if molten metals your thing😁👍🏻
aluminium mixes with the copper oxide and since aluminium is more reactive the copper it makes copper metal and aluminium oxide as well as producing a lot of heat.this is called a thermite reaction and it is very cool!Also nice video!
Congratulations sir you have made an new element
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The video is great.
But be careful with zinc+O2
Thanks mate yeah I don’t experiment with different alloys unless I know there tried and proven but hey if molten metal interests ya be sure to drop by my channel for a second I have 100+ Casting & Melting videos making alot of huge alloy ingots and cool coins skulls knives swords you name it ive probably tried it I’m sure there be something you’ll like my friend if not have a great weekend😀. Here’s a link to save ya some time if ya want 😉
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That sounds good.
Thanks
No worries mate . 😁.
Are you busy?
Congratulations. You have invented new element. Cobralu.
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Elements are made from one type of atom however since it is an alloy it is a composition of many types of atoms and therefore not an element
Iron Man would be proud :D
I love Tony Stark he’s definitely my favourite Marvel 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
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That iMovie music😂 i feel the grind man
Had to watch. I was reading through your comments from the vid posted on Oct. 12th 2018.
You were saying about mixing copper, then brass, then aluminum. THEN A FIVE FOOT FLAME!!!
I was surprised that you were able to finish the pour!! Good job, & lucky you didn't get seriously injured. I'd never met you, Brother!
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*sees explosion* "let's do that again"
I know😖. I had a face mask on but it was a silly thing to keep going. Next time I will melt from lowest melting point up , that’s where I went wrong😁
bigstackD Casting wow your still replying to comments after a year your doing better than most youtubers with replying
Yeah mate I reply to everyone when I can . Doesnt hurt to show the viewers your interested in there comments. 👍🏻
Don’t introduce a cold or warm substance to an extremely scorching material it more or less causes an explosion it can also be said the other way around the outcome is the same. basic thermal dynamics
Yeah I’ve learnt from my mistakes matey luckily unscathed👍🏻
make a sword from it
I won’t have enough for a sword maybe a small blade or a dagger of sorts. I have a heap on the go at the moment but it will eventually get melted down in a future video my friend 👍🏻😁
I’m definitely going to try this at home
Add 1 element nothing happens adding 2 nothing happens adding 3 makes a explosion add 4 burn the room add 5 house gets destroyed and so on
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Looks like goldish silver
I wish mate that would be awesome👍🏻
Any chance some magnesium snuck into your aluminum or was the molten copper just to hot for the aluminum?
oh, thank you this was very helpful. i willl use this in my next chicken curry
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@@bigstackD your kindness is much appreciated. thank you
Did you just make steel ingots
I hope not as that would drop its value by about 97%😮🤭. But hey if molten metal does in fact interest ya be sure to drop by my channel for a second I have 100+ Casting & Melting videos I’m sure there be something you’ll like my friend if not I hope you had a great weekend😀. Here’s a link to save ya some time if ya want 😉
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will do
mad blacksmith detected.
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when I mixed a small amount of aluminium with brass the end metal was pink, it looks great of art work
Is there mortar membrane glue you can apply between them so that if the set were heated there could be electric charge...maybe graphene or ceramic...rubber??? Or passively with no heat.
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Actually it’s from the free iMovie app😉
You do realize that there's already copper in brass. You could just show us how to smelt a piece of bronze.
Yeah you are right my friend but I was just interested in what it would look like with all these 3 together. As you said I basically made aluminium bronze with a hint of zinc if it didn’t all burn off in that flash. 🤷🏻♂️. But hey if molten metal does in fact interest ya be sure to drop by my channel for a second I have 120+ Casting & Melting videos I’m sure there be something you’ll like my friend if not that’s cool I hope you have a great week😀. Here’s a link to save ya some time if ya want 😉
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bigstackD Casting i mean to say, it is bronze. Smelting zinc is much more interesting overall.
Wow videos look so different 🤔I see the melting is still cool
I love these forging stuff
am I the only one who tried this at home and died?
Nope I’m dead too buddy🤦🏻♂️
Corassunium
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Great video...i think this is the future battery technology. Aluminum and copper is perfect for battery
I never really thought about it 🤔you could be onto something there🧐
Killer Rune you are wrong
www.mining.com/copper-battery-performs-better-than-lithium/
Killer Rune i do not know where you learned basic science knowledge. Lithium is rare earth material and copper is not.
Killer Rune m.alibaba.com/product/60684532489/lithium-metal-granule.html?s=p&spm=a2706.amp_showroom
Are u disconnected from outside world.
Can't wait to see the mirror finish on that
You did this all wrong you should have put in the metal with the lowest melting point first
Yeah I’m aware of that now🤦🏻♂️. This was 1 of my first vids and when I asked someone who said they knew what they were talking about they said high to low🤷🏻♂️. I have learnt from that mistake and I now do a bit of research b4 I attempted this type of stuff again👍🏻. Check my other vids there better than this matey 😁
@@bigstackD hi
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@@bigstackD if you start high to low, woukd have to turn forge down and retest temp to match low melt point then allow it to meld together.