[Stoves] Re: Improving longevity of steel stoves; Chiwicla-lining

[Harmon Seaver]

On 5/8/06, William Carr <jkirk3279 at beanstalk.net> wrote:
>
> On May 7, 2006, at 10:06 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:
>
> > This revives an old conversation with several inputs from William
> > Carr.  It
> > was about improving the longevity of metal by various means and of
> > course it
> > drifted to ceramic liners and how to make them stronger.
>
> I have been learning about Electrolytic Rust Removal lately.
>
> You hook up a rusty part you want to clean to a negative lead from a
> trickle charger, and immerse in a solution of baking soda and water.
>
> The positive lead goes to a sacrificial piece of metal and that also
> sits in the solution.
>
>
    Ah, this reminds me of another thing -- is anyone here familiar
with the concept of creating "artificial coral" using hardware cloth
or chicken wire placed in sea water and fed an electric current? I
used to have a link to a research lab, I think at the Univ. of Texas,
that was working with this. They were building sea walls every bit as
strong or stronger than cement, bridge pilings, and also repairing
bridges, etc, with it.
   I wonder how well that would work for building stoves?

    Okay, just found some links for that.

http://www.globalcoral.org/Biography%20Prof.%20Wolf%20H.%20Hilbertz.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blhilbertz.htm
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Harmon Seaver