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Acid Etchants

olmpiad
in Inorganic Chemistry

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Hi!

Does anybody know what a good etchant for a meteorite would be. They are iron meteorites, and are composed of the following

 

Nickel Iron

Kamacite (Alpha Iron)

Taenite (Gamma Iron)

 

I Need To Etch out the Kamacite so that i can show the windstatten figures

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Only corrode the kamacite, if the others corrode, ill run the windmanstatten pattern

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lol... i meant ruin

what is alpha iron. An isotope? But then it would be worth thousands. I dont know and i know its most likely not an isotope but ive never heard of gamma or alpha iron.

 

 

Explain then we may be able to help you better.

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Alpha and gamma irons are just another way of saying kamacite and taenite.

ive neverr heard of any of this

wow, that meteorite is stunning.

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