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From: ALFRED BARKSDALE <adkb**At_Symbol_Here**COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] alternative etchant for metal samples
Date: Jun 9, 2021 06:21 UTC
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ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
In-Reply-To: Re: [DCHAS-L] alternative etchant for metal samples
On 06/08/2021 1:44 PM Joseph Smith <information**At_Symbol_Here**canaverallaboratories.com> wrote:In Philly they load HF into paint pens and use it for Graffiti on Glass surfaces. They mangled up some very expensive sculptures, glass doors, train windows and more with that.Joe Smith
On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 1:56 PM Yaritza Brinker < YBrinker**At_Symbol_Here**fele.com> wrote:I'm glad to see work happening on this area.
HF has been unavoidable in metallography. Particularly with aluminum alloys where practically all standard etchants call for it and it's often used in combination with concentrated HCl and HNO3. Picric is another acid that is hard to avoid in metallography.
It would be great to see more safer etchants developed and added to industry test standards so that their use can extend outside of academia where labs are bound by a2La accreditation rules.
Keep up the great work!
Yaritza Brinker
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