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> From: PKal <PKal@aol.com>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: magnesium wheels?
> Date: Tuesday, December 23, 1997 4:56 PM
>
> In a message dated 97-12-23 13:24:32 EST, hapkejs@cig.mot.com writes:
>
> << You could try to burn them. If they burn brightly, and melt a hole in
your
> driveway, then they are magnesium. If they just melt then they are
aluminum.
> You will need to get them really hot, so try a Oxy/Acetylene torch....
>>
>
> Doesn't aluminum burn very hot also?
Take it from a Firefighter Aluminum melts,Magnesium on the other hand burns
like crazy. VW blocks make a real spectacular show!! But your normal run of
the mill aluminum blocks just end up in a blob on the ground. Car fires are
the only experience i have with these alloys so i havnt seen the results of
a missle hit.
Dan Arrington(Near Portland,Oregon)
gt6nut@foxinternet.net
http://www.foxinternet.net/web2/gt6nut/index.htm
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