Dan Arrington wrote:
>
> ----------
> > 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
I thought I remembered that VW blocks were magnesium. Same experience
as Dan, Have to use foam to extinguish.
Larry Zink
1964 Spitfire4
Houston
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