Mitis Iron
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:04 am
This is something I was reading about a few weeks ago. I just thought it was pretty interesting, I don't know if I would try it. I wanted to copy the page from the PDF but my computer is being a pain.
Mitis is basically wrought iron that is melted and able to be cast into a mold like cast iron. The book is from the early 1900's. The way it was described you heat 100 pounds of very low or no carbon wrought iron. In a separate heated crucible place about 3 pounds of aluminum. Put in a few pounds of the hot iron and wait for them to melt together. Then add it to the rest of the 100 pounds. The aluminum acts like a super flux and causes the iron to become molten at a much lower temp. It says it can be cast and picks up very good details.
I don't know if this is anything we can use. I just thought it was interesting because Aluminum wasn't easily smelted from ore and wasn't available in large quantities until mid the 1900's.
This article is a little different than the one I was reading. Mitis starts on page 449. This one says to heat the iron to molten stage, around 3000F. Then drop in some aluminum and it goes to very molten and is ready to cast.
https://books.google.com/books?id=ziJDA ... on&f=false
Mitis is basically wrought iron that is melted and able to be cast into a mold like cast iron. The book is from the early 1900's. The way it was described you heat 100 pounds of very low or no carbon wrought iron. In a separate heated crucible place about 3 pounds of aluminum. Put in a few pounds of the hot iron and wait for them to melt together. Then add it to the rest of the 100 pounds. The aluminum acts like a super flux and causes the iron to become molten at a much lower temp. It says it can be cast and picks up very good details.
I don't know if this is anything we can use. I just thought it was interesting because Aluminum wasn't easily smelted from ore and wasn't available in large quantities until mid the 1900's.
This article is a little different than the one I was reading. Mitis starts on page 449. This one says to heat the iron to molten stage, around 3000F. Then drop in some aluminum and it goes to very molten and is ready to cast.
https://books.google.com/books?id=ziJDA ... on&f=false