Re: Help me find Wood's Metal, please.

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From: John De Armond
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:28

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danube@max.physics.sunysb.edu writes:

>    HELLO.  I need some Woods Metal, both for low temp. soldering and
>to make a temperature bath that can reach 220 C without sending fumes
>into our spectrometer.  I was using oil but it fumes badly in nitrogen
>and could possible flash if air got in.

I can't help on the Woods Metal but for a temperature bath, have
you considered Fluorinert, silicone oil or fluidized beds?  I have 
used all three as calibration baths.  The fluidized bed will easily
carry you over 1000 C.  Dow Corning makes several silicone oils
that don't visibly fume at 400 C.

John
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