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  1. 07-12-2015, 10:47 PM #1
    exdxgxe4life
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    Zinc in the mix?

    I was digging through a bucket of old ingots and came across these two ingots. If memory serves me I think I dumped these out from the ingot mold before they had fully cooled.

    They have a much different texture than I'm used to. They look and feel almost like concrete instead of the smooth ingots I'm used to. I don't frost my boolits, and so I wonder if the temperature got too hot and I frosted the ingot.

    Has anyone else ever experienced this? In looking at all the other ingots I have, these two are the only oddities, which makes me think I'm fine because I don't see how only two ingots could be "infected" with zinc, while everything else seems fine.

    So...based solely on the pictures, do you think these might have zinc in them.

    PS...unless I get a definite answer, I'll just toss them out.

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  2. 07-12-2015, 10:57 PM #2
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    Melt em again. Lead looks like that when you dump it right as it is slushy.
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  3. 07-13-2015, 03:00 AM #3
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    Test them with a little HCl. Although, I'm with you on seriously doubting there is any Zn in there.
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  4. 07-13-2015, 09:55 AM #4
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    Keep the melt at 600° and skim off what floats.
    Ingots dumped too hot will do that too.
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