If you want Ni + Cu, just get some constantan thermocouple wire and cut it up into pieces. Then you may want to ball mill to make into powder.
On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 2:43 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > In reply to AlanG's message of Mon, 19 Jun 2017 23:22:32 +0000: > Hi Alan, > > You might also try with Cu instead of silver, if your budget extends that > far. > Since the creation of the powders takes some time, you could do both in > parallel? > > >Nickel and Silver are mutually insoluble (or only with great difficulty) > >as has been pointed out. Following Jones' original post, I'm preparing a > >simple experiment to test "mechanical alloying". I will ball-mill ~2 um > >powders of the two metals for several hundred hours, using 3/8" tungsten > >carbide balls for media. SEM/EDS will be used to examine the resulting > >mixture. > > > >If the results appear to be successful, a further test will be done by > >exposing the amalgam to flowing hydrogen at various temperatures, > >looking for radiation as a signature of nuclear activity. Advice and > >suggestions for this test are welcome. > > > >AlanG > > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
