Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-28 Thread Jim Wooddell
; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Jim...nice post. Can you elaborate on the compound? - Original Message - From: Jim Wooddell nf11...@npgcable.com To: Mark Grossman

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-28 Thread William Bagwell
If someone is aspiring for fourth place, and needs sacrificial material to practice on, I happen to have a very nice looking wrong:) Willing to trade a small chunk for a photograph or two of the results. Out of 'palm' sized slices until I get the main mass cut or knock another corner off. But

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread MexicoDoug
To: MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com; meteoritesnorth meteoritesno...@hotmail.ca; meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 12:32 am Subject: Fw: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Did a quick search on the internet. Read this tale from the Meteorite Association

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread MexicoDoug
: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 3:11 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution explosive Definitely caution when playing around with corrosives is of the first order...that said, sure, ethanol is a racing car engine fuel and under the right conditions can combust; But people drink it even straight

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread Jim Wooddell
...@aim.com; mar...@westnet.com; meteoritesno...@hotmail.ca; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 1:49 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Besides water, I'm suspecting Nitric + acetone (Nitkeytone ?) and any number of other solvents would work OK

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread MexicoDoug
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 6:48 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution I believe there was an article by Hartman a few years back about the use of ferric chloride. The conclusion was that it gave a better etch??? I think it was in Meteorite-Times. Jim Jim Wooddell http

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread Jim Wooddell
- From: MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com To: nf11...@npgcable.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Hi Jim, My respects to all the ferric chloride lovers out there and especially Ron Hartman, bless him

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread Mark Grossman
! Mark Mark Grossman Meteorite Manuscripts - Original Message - From: MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com To: nf11...@npgcable.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Hi Jim, My respects to all

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread MexicoDoug
: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 6:20 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Hi, Couple of thoughts. Mark's Law: If you're standing in the exact same spot as someone else when a mixture of nitric acid and ethanol explodes, the sensitivities of the two individuals to harm are always the same

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread Mark Grossman
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Hi Mark, Would appreciate a reference for the nickel chloride being 15 times more carcinogenic than soluble nickel nitrate. That's not what I wrote although it could be true I have no such reference to support the above. What I did write

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread Jim Wooddell
:46 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Hi Mark, Would appreciate a reference for the nickel chloride being 15 times more carcinogenic than soluble nickel nitrate. That's not what I wrote although it could be true I have no such reference to support the above. What I did write

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread Richard Montgomery
: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Hi Doug, Thanks for the comments. I'm a Certified Industrial Hygienist and a Certified Safety Professional and have been in the chemical health and safety field for more years than I care to admit. Before that, I used to work as an analytical chemist

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread Steve Dunklee
hi! cheers! Steve Dunklee http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9925886 --- On Sat, 1/28/12, MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com wrote: From: MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution To: mar...@westnet.com, Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread Steve Dunklee
http://multietch.com/ cheers --- On Sat, 1/28/12, Steve Dunklee steve.dunk...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Steve Dunklee steve.dunk...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution To: mar...@westnet.com, Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Date

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2012-01-27 Thread MexicoDoug
@meteoritecentral.com; MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Sent: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 8:17 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Hi Doug, Thanks for the comments. I'm a Certified Industrial Hygienist and a Certified Safety Professional and have been in the chemical health and safety field

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread Mark Grossman
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Hi Mark Wow, with the due respect, all that experience under your belt, I really am surprised you confused the difference between threshold toxicity level and toxic activity! But it illustrates the dangers of misinterpretion that are part of life

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution msds ferric chloride

2012-01-27 Thread Steve Dunklee
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution To: mar...@westnet.com, Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 2:52 AM   hi! cheers! Steve Dunklee http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9925886 --- On Sat

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread MexicoDoug
PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Hi Mark Wow, with the due respect, all that experience under your belt, I really am surprised you confused the difference between threshold toxicity level and toxic activity! But it illustrates the dangers of misinterpretion that are part

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-27 Thread Mark Grossman
...@westnet.com; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Sure Mark, now that you dropped the respectful line completely, I don't appreciate being baited. One last item - you may want to calculate the percent

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution msds ferric chloride

2012-01-27 Thread MexicoDoug
- From: Steve Dunklee steve.dunk...@yahoo.com To: markig mar...@westnet.com; Meteorite-list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Sent: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 11:37 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution msds ferric chloride http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php

[meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-26 Thread Craig Moody
Hello all. I am going to perform my first etch, of a Sikhote-Alin slice with Nitol, but I was wondering if Isopropyl can be substituted for the Ethanol? Any advise would be apreciated. Thanks Craig __ Visit

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-26 Thread MexicoDoug
-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 7:34 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Hello all. I am going to perform my first etch, of a Sikhote-Alin slice with Nitol, but I was wondering if Isopropyl can be substituted for the Ethanol? Any advise would be apreciated. Thanks

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-26 Thread MexicoDoug
at 2 - 3 N. Hope that was a better answer, sorry for not finishing the first kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: Craig Moody meteoritesno...@hotmail.ca To: mexicodoug mexicod...@aim.com Sent: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 9:42 pm Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Much

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-26 Thread MexicoDoug
. -Original Message- From: MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com To: meteoritesnorth meteoritesno...@hotmail.ca; Meteorite-list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 10:30 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution Craig, Let me add (the message actually got away before being

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution

2012-01-26 Thread Mark Grossman
Meteorite Manuscripts - Original Message - From: MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com To: mexicod...@aim.com; meteoritesno...@hotmail.ca; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Etching solution PS - if you don't have a hood

RE: [meteorite-list] etching solution

2003-07-21 Thread Howard Wu
Back in my coin collecting days I use to use a product similar to this to read the worn off dates on Buffallo nickles. A few drops were put on the blank spot in a few seconds a weak date could be read. Can't remember if it contained a nickle salt or an iron salt solution. Any coin collecting list

Re: [meteorite-list] etching solution

2003-07-19 Thread Mark Jackson
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[meteorite-list] etching solution

2003-07-18 Thread Mark Jackson
Dear List, I'm trying to locate etching solution capable of etching Widmanstatten patterns to view on meteorites. I understand it's nitric acid? I got the "bright" idea of checking my local electronic supply house for PC board etching solution and it seems that ferric chloride is used to etch

Re: [meteorite-list] etching solution

2003-07-18 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Hello, Mark and the list, think ferric chloride is not strong enough to etch Fe / Ni, but havent ever tried...;- You can find a quite good recipe for the etching solution from R.O. Nortons book Rocks from Space (page 415). There is also advised, how to check Ni from the potential meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] etching solution

2003-07-18 Thread Mark Miconi
If you dilute the acid always add the acid to the waternever the otherway around. Mark M. - Original Message - From: Pekka Savolainen To: Mark Jackson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] etching

Re: [meteorite-list] etching solution

2003-07-18 Thread meteorite1.net
] (for IMCA member contact)Authenticity Guaranteedwww.meteoritecollectors.org - Original Message - From: Mark Jackson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:36 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] etching solution Dear List, I'm trying to locate

Re: [meteorite-list] etching solution

2003-07-18 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Thanks, Tom, yes, indeed, Norton says in the Ensyclopedia of Meteorites (Appendix D, page 316); "Etching with ferric chloride usually brings terror to the hearts of the seasoned meteorite collector and museum curator..." So it should work, but the result may be not the best one, just

Re: [meteorite-list] etching solution

2003-07-18 Thread Pekka Savolainen
- Original Message - From: MarkJackson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:36 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] etching solution Dear List, I'm trying to locate etching solution capable of etching Widmanstatten patter

Re: [meteorite-list] etching solution

2003-07-18 Thread meteorite1.net
Guaranteedwww.meteoritecollectors.org - Original Message - From: Pekka Savolainen To: meteorite1.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] etching solution Well, when checked the pics, I think I have to try