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Old 07-19-10 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Tulex
I've turned magnesium. It absolutely will go up in flames. But then, so will titanium and steel. I've seen the results of a lathe that had a chip pan full of fine titanium chips that caught fire. Talk about a flash fire.
I had a lot of fun one afternoon playing with a mix of aluminum powder and rust ignited by strips of magnesium. Man that stuff BURNS!
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