[NewCandle] Quick update on my silver displacement experiments

[Nick Reiter]

Had aluminum on the brain tonight, and thought I would look up 6061 to just jog my memory...

yup, probably Mg as the most likely secondary, followed by Si, Fe, then Cu.

Found this note:

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The alloy composition of 6061 is:

Silicon minimum 0.4%, maximum 0.8% by weight 
Iron no minimum, maximum 0.7% 
Copper minimum 0.15%, maximum 0.40% 
Manganese no minimum, maximum 0.15% 
Magnesium minimum 0.8%, maximum 1.2% 
Chromium minimum 0.04%, maximum 0.35% 
Zinc no minimum, maximum 0.25% 
Titanium no minimum, maximum 0.15% 
Other elements no more than 0.05% each, 0.15% total 
Remainder Aluminium 

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n



> I used 6061-T6 aluminum rod stock, as it was what I had in
> rod stock form.
> I'll buy some pure aluminum rod stock soon, what I
> wanted to
> test in this experiment was the general electrode shape and
> reactor design.
> So perhaps it's magnesium?