Re: Kurtsite
From: Pittsburgh Pete (metalengr_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/13/04
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Date: 13 Oct 2004 16:59:14 -0700
thefarmdog@hotmail.com (Brent) wrote in message news:<5c956c0c.0410131031.73bc9e40@posting.google.com>...
> Does anyone know anything about the metal Kurtsite (i think thats how
> its spelled). Aparently its an alloy of lead, aluminum and, zinc.
> Its is very wear resistant, and yet still quite slippery.....
> Does anyone know where i can get some?
Brent:
According to my old Woldman's Enginnering Alloys book,
Kirksite is a zinc alloy containing nominally 3.5% copper, 4%
aluminum, 0.04% magnesium.
See Eastern Alloys, http://www.eazall.com/mold-base.htm
and also try Google under mold-base alloys
Also see http://www.armstrongmold.com/pages/kirksitearticle.html
Pittsburgh Pete
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