If you want to do casting at home, you’ll need a way to melt metal. [Jake]’s DIY foundry furnace gets hot enough to melt aluminium, and is built out a mix of scrap parts. The chamber of the ...

has some neat tricks up its quickly melting sleeve. It melts in your hand, can be used to make a gag spoon, and can turn a typical soda can into mush. The aluminum on a can amalgamates with the ...

Aluminum is a metal in group IIIA of the periodic table with atomic number 13, an atomic weight of 26.982, and a density of 2.70. It has a melting temperature of 660 C. The electronic configuration of ...

It’s just that we never would have thought to build an induction forge that can simultaneously melt and levitate a chunk of aluminum. (Video embedded below.) [imsmoother] has had plans for 3 kW ...

Metal scrap can be directly transformed and upgraded into high-performance, high-value alloys without the need for ...

According to PNNL, the solid phase alloying process converts aluminum scrap blended with copper, zinc and magnesium into ...

Explore the detailed process of melting and smelting metal, where raw materials are subjected to extreme heat to create refined and functional products. This video captures each step, from heating to ...

A groundbreaking method developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) ...