Experimentally Melting Copper and Aluminum Into An Alloy! | Zesty Jon Smelting

Hey Everyone!
This week I am back with a little experiment video! Today I wanted to mix molten copper and aluminum together right around the 80% by weight copper area, as the phase diagram between the two metals has a lot of different phases in that region! As a result, I wanted to just see what would happen if I mixed and then quenched them together!
You'll see what unfortunately happened to the ingot towards the end of the video, and I didn't quite quench the ingot at the temp I wanted to, so I'll be retrying this again in the near future!
Let me know what you thought! If you have any recommendations for improvement or anything you'd like me to see do with this type of video to make it more interesting, please let me know in the comments!
Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video, please consider leaving a like and subscribing if you did and I will see you next week!

[@gregorychaney7604]

Aluminum bronze is notoriously brittle if too much aluminum is added to the mix. I would try closer to 10% aluminum. I bet you will be much happier with the results,
Cheers from Alaska

[@zestyjonssmeltery321]

Thanks for the info! I was planning to try again and create different percentages ranging from 10-40% aluminum to see how they turn out, it sounds like I'll definitely need to try out 10% aluminum!

[@lewisgiles8855]

Beyond 20% AL. is when it starts to get really brittle. Also copper is more difficult to melt in the winter. Just a gas saving tip!

[@zestyjonssmeltery321]

Thanks for the tips!

[@zach1208]

Very cool experiment. Ive only done one melt since ive had my own Devil Forge. Want more saftey equipment before i do more!

[@zestyjonssmeltery321]

Thanks, I hear that! Safety is definitely the top priority, too many unpredictable things can happen when melting. Hopefully you can find some inexpensive gear like a face shield, gloves, and an apron so you can get melting!

[@zach1208]

@@zestyjonssmeltery321 it's in the works! Making more room in the garage as well 👍👍👍

[@zestyjonssmeltery321]

Sweet! Sounds awesome!

[@evanmeeden2222]

thats what spaceships are made of

[@zestyjonssmeltery321]

Interesting stuff! They probably use alloys far more precise than this though!

[@lewisgiles8855]

Aliens are real!

[@lewisgiles8855]

I just did a silver bar that i believe I put too much tin with and it broke during stamping. Im just gonna add copper and try to balance out the strength

[@zestyjonssmeltery321]

Interesting, I hope that works out well and adds to the strength enough for you to stamp it!

[@lewisgiles8855]

Heck yeah, thanks

[@massimilianoilardi3571]

Ciao cosa significa questo metallo

[@user-ph3qw9zx9d]

❤😅

[@neoandie]

Have you heard of Nordic gold?

[@zestyjonssmeltery321]

I have! It's something I've wanted to make for a while. Maybe I'll try to make it in the near future! Thanks for the comment!

[@lewisgiles8855]

Its tough to stamp!