On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 08:54:51 -0500, Matthew Redmond wrote: >Kevin, > >You make a good point about both temperature and atmosphere being important >as to whether a material will oxidize. If there was 0% oxygen available, >oxidation would not occur even at high temperatures. However, when the >stove is turned off, the wire mesh would still be very hot, and probably >able to oxidize in atmospheric air. > >Silicon Carbide seems like a reasonable mesh choice - chemically stable and >able to withstand high temperatures. It even has a higher emissivity than >stainless steels in the 0.7-10 micron wavelength range (red visible light - >mid-IR range), meaning that it will emit more EM radiation than a stainless >steel at the same temperature. >http://www.pyrometry.com/emissivity_materials.php > >I was able to find some Silicon Carbide meshes using a google search for >"silicon carbide mesh". Note they are not called wire meshes, but are just >called meshes. They are a bit expensive, though. > >Perhaps some inspiration can be taken from lanterns used for camping? >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_mantle >
Thanks for the response Matt, you don't appear to be subscribed to [stoves]? I apologise to the list for the reams of digest appended to Matt's message getting through, I approved the post, as it came from a non member but was on topic, without seeing how large it was. AJH _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://www.bioenergylists.org/
