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Raney Nickel

JJay - 24-10-2017 at 03:24

I was recently looking at how to make bipy, and a procedure I found in OrgSyn calls for Raney nickel. Does anyone know of a good and easily-accessible source for 50/50 aluminum-nickel alloy?

[Edited on 24-10-2017 by JJay]

CRUSTY - 24-10-2017 at 08:47

Sigma carries a 50-50 nickel-aluminum alloy that doesn't say it's a powder like other listings for the alloy on Sigma, but it may very well just be a powder that isn't labeled as such online. Even if it were solid though, it's Sigma; you can't buy individually. I suspect you'll either have to make the alloy yourself through melting the two together, or just buy the straight Raney nickel.