Re: Dear Rich REGARDING TITANIUM or ALUMINUM as an electrode

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi,

Titanium can "possibly" catch fire too, although it is not easy to ignite 
thick pieces.  Mill shavings can light up fairly easily.  Sand is just 
about all that will put it out.  Happily, the fumes from burning titanium 
are not considered toxic.

Cheers,

         Terry

At 04:33 AM 8/14/2004, you wrote:
>On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Tesla list wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "Bill Ackley" <backley-at-satx.rr-dot-com>
> >
> > This metals have a valence of +3 or +4 if pushed hard enough, this means
> > that under the flux of high potential spark you will have a rapid 
> conversion
> > to the metallic oxide.  Electrode metals, if they are to last should be
> > found on the periodic table with low valence & high melting point, platinum
> > would be nice if we could afford it.  Just a suggestion.
>
>This is sort of irrelevant, but I found that platinum + copper oxide +
>some heat = nice fire and no more platinum. I guess the lesson is don't
>use platinum near hot copper. I learned this by accident with a formerly
>nice platinum electrode. The fire was almost like burning magnesium
>ribbon.
>
>KEN