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Zinc Powder: Zinc Crushed Hot, Just Below Melting
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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.
Oqalayo
Half a day

Imiyalelo

1

Cut the zinc small

Saw 300 g of zinc into small pieces.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Isigaxa SikazinkiIsigaxa Sikazinki300 g

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isaha SensimbiIsaha Sensimbi
Isikali sesilinganisoIsikali sesilinganiso
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.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Ibhodwe lensimbi ethelweIbhodwe lensimbi ethelwe
Isitofu samalahleIsitofu samalahle
I-pyrometerI-pyrometer
Amagilavu EsikhumbaAmagilavu Esikhumba
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.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isigqulo NomgquloIsigqulo Nomgqulo
Amagilavu EsikhumbaAmagilavu Esikhumba
4

Sieve and store

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

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isisefo EsicolekileIsisefo Esicolekile
Ijeke Lengilazi ElinesivaloIjeke Lengilazi Elinesivalo

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