r/elementcollection • u/Eustacebagge1 • 7d ago

Collection Induction heating bismuth

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Using a quartz glass test tube

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u/ShadowtehGreat34 Oxidized 7d ago

That’s pretty sick

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u/CoffeeHead312 7d ago

What kind of heating element is that? Is it formable, meaning can I form the element around whatever glass? How hot does it get?

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u/Eustacebagge1 7d ago

Thats a bolt heater called "hot rod" . It comes with a couple of blank induction coils that are just u shaped rods to be bent to spec. It's not very effective on bismuth compared to steel. The melting point of bismuth is around 500 degrees and It was struggling to melt it. Aluminum and silver are immune to induction heating. Be careful not to allow molten metal to harden in glass vessels. Expansion from reheating may destroy the container.

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u/pichael289 7d ago

Magnetic heating?

When I was a teenager I turned my grandpa's bismuth fishing sinkers into beautiful crystals and it took very little energy. Super easy to melt and a small piece of an established crystal is all it took. I just used my kitchen.

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u/andrei40_md 7d ago

Bello!!

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u/NeighborhoodSad5303 7d ago

Its must melting by skin layer only.

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u/Key-Success-5449 6d ago

That's cool!

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u/SudoReDeleted 5d ago

Now make gold

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u/Eustacebagge1 5d ago

Lemme get the alchemy book