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Id check all the chemical reactions of course but a layered charging system might be just the ticket
Good luck
ps attempting to order sodium chlorate would likely attract attention
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Thanks. I ran across that while doing a patent search for my furnace
I've fooled around a little with the layered system, but it wasn't too complicated. It's good for adding carbon to make a certain alloy. My furnace is more mechanical, as it utilizes "drop mixing" and the slag is used as a "lid".
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Jerry, while reading "Steelmaking Before Bessemer" vol II Crucible Steel, there was a reference to making Magnesia blocks by mixing it with something and heating. I'll try to dig up the exact reference for you this weekend.
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That would be awsome. Adell's listed the old timey stuff as "magnesia tar". Have no idea what it was, but it must have been some sort of carbon binder.
