Melting Copper In Steel Or Ceramic Crucible

Do not let any steel or iron come in contact with your melt.

Melting copper in steel or ceramic crucible. I ruined my first furnace by attempting to melt scrap in a fairly thick stainless steel can the kind used for salad dressing in restaurants. 7 5 oz 3 diameter ceramic fused silica crucible dish cup with grooves for melting casting refining gold silver copper scrap metal jewelry 4 6 out of 5 stars 23 10 49 10. Place wire in crucible place the copper wires in the bottom of the crucible and place the crucible on a cement slab. Crucibles are made of steel silicon carbide and often clay graphite.

They resist high temperatures and will hold and heat the copper you are melting. Once you have found the size and type of ceramic crucible you are interested in please submit a quote request or ask a question using one of our forms. Crucibles also are used in melting cast iron. Iron usually is something you avoid like the plague when alloying.

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In addition to crucibles designed specifically for furnaces pmc supplies offers a full line of foundry crucibles for propane and gas forges ceramic crucibles dishes for small scale and torch melting. Some have used empty disposable propane cylinders but thin steel will not last long. Cut your copper wires to size to ensure they fit into the crucible which is a bowl like container made of a material able to withstand very high temperatures such as ceramic. Brass s melting point is 1000 c.

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