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Color of the mantle after h2so4 spill

kimbery112 - 28-3-2025 at 06:23

I found the horrible turquoise of nickel sulfate while trying to write a question about the circuit

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[Edited on 28-3-2025 by kimbery112]

JackleApp - 12-5-2025 at 18:47

I have seen some people use large mantles as though they were benchtop furnaces that looked far nastier. As sulfated as this is, sulfuric acid might not cause all that much damage in the given time span assuming you tried to save the element quickly. anything is more likely to cause arcing through those salts damaging the wire that way, than directly corroding the nichrome.