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I don't think so unfortunately I need to get in contact with a professor of metallurgy I think and pick their brain about the best course of action for to tackle it. But I'm determined if it's possible to make it happen haha

I miss understood the separation between the metals and the corresponding temperature but you cleared it up! I'm currently researching the easiest way to remove them and I found a way to do so that will remove cobalt as well. Another impurity present in the Campo del Cielo meteorite.

3.6 ppm Ir. And dont mind my ignorance, but wouldn't the low melting temperature of nickel and high temperature of iron be what seperates it in the bloomery? Okay if the result isn't a bloom, would the process still reduce it to a more pure form of the iron alloy to begin with?

So In trying to seperate the nickel from the iron you shouldn't smelt it? I plan on bloomery smelting the meteorite to seperate the iron from the nickel and other impurities phosphorus and a few others that are at the ppm level.. I have raw iron to then fuse with my other ingredients in a crucible to try and make wootz. I was thinking bloomery process just to process the meteorites down to mainly just iron

Can't you crush the meteorites just like iron ore and smelt them in a furnace to produce bloomery iron? So wouldn't crushing the meteorite and melting it to create bloomery iron be smelting? Or do I have my terminology off? And I have been smiting for 7 years now and shoeing horses for 4(not that it counts or matter) I have a lot of time in conventional hands on smiting not so much the terminology so if I mis represented what process I will be using I apologize

Yes sir I loved the documentary I've wated it over and over again. It's what got me into making crucible steel then I found al pendrays work some years later and here we are haha

Edit I miss read your comment: I plan on smelting the meteorites to reduce the phosphorus and nickel content. The metal composition is well know for this meteorite that's why I choose it. then i plan on lightly working them under hammer to consolidate them. I feel like that's the best process to ensure as little impurities as possible get to the crucible stage.

T Thank you so much I will definitely share with you all. And I will read that thread immediately, I have contacted Daniel I hope to hear from him. And what is Rics user name I'd love to converse with him on my journey.

Alright guys, I'm starting this thread because I hope to embark on the process of making wootz. However I always wanted a steel of meteoric origin. So I'm going to be smelting iron from a campo del cielo meteorite and combining it with other materials in a crucible to hopefully achieve true woots from the stars. I'm going into this with the mindset I will have plenty of failures and setbacks and it may even be impossible. However I am beyond determined to make reproduced wootz and im excited to share that journey with you all. I will try and record every aspect of the processes in detail for all of you.

Exactly! I'm on the journey to recreate REAL wootz I'm very excited. And believe me the process will be shared here for all

Thank you I will do that from now on! I appreciate it and I will try to reach out to the other user!

I have not, but I will now! I believe in a video I watched al used nital witch will probably be what I do. I'm trying to follow his work almost religiously, i apologize for asking when I knew of nital and had just forgotten it No this is great info thank you! You are correct the pattern is not dependant on etching IT is dependent on the carbide structure throughout the steel. However to make whatever pattern I do get stand out a little more I plan on doing a short Etch. Thank you a bunch!

Thank you this is what I'm talking about. Through al pendrays process the crucible will be left to cool overnight with the furnace. No transportation of molten metal will occur. I will add my location! I'm in the USA west coast. I will put it on my profile. I have all the material I need besides the crucible. I'm just trying to make sure I'm not going to over carbonize my steel in a graphite clay crucible. That's why I mentioned the other 2 types above. I read that molten steel can leach carbon from graphite crucibles. Every video or article I've read I can't find the material al used for his crucible just the material he used to seal it. I did just order Dr verhoevens book on their study. I don't mind if I have to break up the crucible at all most I have seen run around 50$ for the size I need and although I'd like to avoid it its not a big issue. I believe (from what I've gathered of Al's work) if you have enough flux (crushed bottle glass) removing the cake once the crucible is cooled isn't an issue. However I asked about crucibles because I'm worried using a graphite crucible will cause the steel to stick to the crucible or worse leach carbon from the graphite.

Thanks for the response! I've been doing weeks of research and I'm planning on trying my hand at wootz following al pendrays methodology. I was wondering what the best acid would be for steel in this category as far as I know carbon iron and vanadium are the most prevalent metals the rest are in ppm.

What is yalls choice acid for etching steel? I have used a few different acids and I can get really good results with mild steel and ferric chloride but for high carbon steels it doesn't affect. What acids and process have worked for yall? I usually put a piece in for a long period