antimony?????

[jbunny]

i scored today. at 70 years young it means differant today than when i was 20.
hehehe. any how i got 110 lbs for free. about 70 lbs looks like tin based alloy. it has the same fine grain structure as linotype and it has a nice ringing sound when hit
with a hammer. i have about 40 lbs of this realy hard ingots that don't make a ringing
sound when hit with a hammer. it's britle and real course grainy structure.
here is a pic of the grain structure
TIA
jb
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/MOUICH/tinornot.jpg

[KYCaster]

I've never gotten antimony in ingots, it's all been crushed to various sizes from ~2 in on down to dust. It does have similar grain structure.

Not much help, huh???

Jerry

[wiljen]

Melt it and see what temp it melts at. And check the Specific gravity on it. those two should tip you off as to what you have.

[lwknight]

Dang!! What a deal.. Antimony figures about $7.00 pr pound, however you buy it.

[pistolman44]

Sure looks like antimony to me. It melts around 1200 degrees F. I use a propane torch to melt antimony into hot molten mix. Once antimony is alloyed with lead it will re-melt at the same tempt. as the WW.