UBUHANZI
UBWIZA N'UBUZIMA
UBUKORIKORI
UMUCO N'AMATEKA
IMYIDAGADURO
IBIDUKIKIJE
IBIRIBWA N'IBINYOBWA
UBWUBATSI BUSUBIRA INYUMA
UBUMENYI
SIPORO
IKORANABUHANGA
IBYAMBARWA
Zinc Powder: Zinc Crushed Hot, Just Below Melting
Forge

Yaremwe na

Forge

18. Ukwakira 2026NO
5
0
0
0
0

Zinc Powder: Zinc Crushed Hot, Just Below Melting

Zinc has an odd temper: brittle cold, soft enough to roll at 100 to 150 °C, and above 200 °C so tender that it crushes to powder. Thorpe (1913): zinc dust can be made by crushing the metal in a mortar at a heat somewhat below its melting point of 420 °C. Work hot with leather gloves. The picture: our own drawing.
Utangiye
Half a day

Amabwiriza

1

Cut the zinc small

Saw 300 g of zinc into small pieces.

Ibikoresho by'iyi ntambwe:

Ikibumbe cya zenkeIkibumbe cya zenke300 g

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Umucumita w'IbyumaUmucumita w'Ibyuma
Umunzani w'ibiroUmunzani w'ibiro
2

Heat to just below melting

Heat the pieces in an iron pot above 200 °C but below 420 °C, where zinc melts. Check with a pyrometer.

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Inkono y'icyuma cyasuweInkono y'icyuma cyasuwe
Iziko ry'amakaraIziko ry'amakara
PirometeroPirometero
Uturindantoki tw'UruhuUturindantoki tw'Uruhu
3

Crush in the mortar

Tip a few hot pieces at a time into the mortar and crush them. Hot zinc breaks to powder; reheat what is left whole.

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Isekuru n'UmuhiniIsekuru n'Umuhini
Uturindantoki tw'UruhuUturindantoki tw'Uruhu
4

Sieve and store

Sieve the cooled powder, return the coarse bits for another crushing, and keep the powder in a closed jar.

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Ishungura ritoIshungura rito
Icupa ry'Ikirahure Rifite UmufunikoIcupa ry'Ikirahure Rifite Umufuniko

Ibikoresho

1

Ibikoresho bikenewe

9

Iki gishushanyo gikora

CC0 Umurenge rusange

Iyi blueprint yasohowe munsi ya CC0. Ushobora gukoporora, guhindura, gukwirakwiza no gukoresha nta kwemererwa.

Shyigikira Umuremyi ugura ibicuruzwa binyuze muri Blueprint ye Komisiyo y'Umuremyi byashyizweho n'Abacuruzi, cyangwa kora verisiyo nshya y'iyi Blueprint ukayinjiza nk'isano muri Blueprint yawe kugira ngo musangire inyungu.

Ibiganiro

(0)

Injira kugira ngo ujye mu biganiro

Gutegura ibitekerezo...