How to Tell Cast Aluminum from Diecast or zinc and from Magnesium

How to Tell Cast Aluminum from Diecast or zinc and from Magnesium

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[invent]

Thanks. I'm a welder and many times I can't weld "aluminum" rims, now I know how to test them. Very good info.

[duanekennard]

I used to have a small can of Copper Sulfate that was given to me.
25 years ago before all the products came out for your septic tank I would open up the 'Clean out' tube to my septic system once a year and put a tablespoon of Copper Sulfate in it.
Due to the huge amounts of Oak trees in my back yard I didn't want my septic system to develop roots so by doing that I never had a problem.
Of course nowadays most houses are on city sewage and water which mine now is too.
Enjoyed the video my friend and as always I enjoyed stopping by.

[josephcormier]

That should help a lot of new scrappers if there yards take different types of cast and or aluminum thanks for sharing this six stars brother

[waltwood]

I belive this is the 1st video I've seen on this, thanks for the info very informative and helpful #happyscrapping

[evriellesmith]

Have you ever burnt magnesium it is what puts the spark in sparklers don't try to put out with water makes it burn more intense

[mattyal]

I recently noticed that Zinc has a nice scrap price to it. Good enough to identify and separate.

[cuscrapping]

Thank you for the shout out, Allan! Stuck sitting here waiting for the rain to stop so I can get 2 more gaylords of ewaste!!

[danswrkshop]

The motorcycle rim may have been a badly mixed batch of aluminum-magnesium alloy. Many of the GM alloy rims were like this, and the corrosion that resulted showed right where the alloy was defective.

[keith]

If you take some grindings of that magnesium, it’s flammable and burns a long time great for starting fires

[theaussienurseflipper.]

Interesting, do U put water in the bottle? Cheers Graham

[PhilipRomeo]

Good vid there okie when I leave the Dr office I am gonna go get me some

[magicone]

Maybe it didn’t react becausenthe first time you used a contaminated grind disk

[plainwornout]

I bought some copper sulfate and it clearly says to NOT get it on your skin. You are spraying it all over your hands. Maybe you should heed the warning as we don't want to lose OKIE. Thanks for all the info.

[tylerlewis]

Curious if the yards pay different prices, I know I turn in "aluminum" that's zinc or magnesium, but it goes right with the aluminum because they don't have a price for the others.Have you gotten a different price or is that what you do too?