How to make fine Aluminium Powder
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2013
- In this video I show how to make Aluminium dust with a simple method. For a very long time I was looking around how to make fine aluminium powder and a lot of methods involved a coffee grinder but there was no videos on it so here is my video on it showing it can be done
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Thumbs up if you came here for the 16 minute grinding video.
twisty j I came here to spell check his video.
Plus a ten minute break to let the blades cool down lmfao
That's really nice powder, best I've seen so far actually! And also the only one to be smart enough to figure you'll mess up the grinder.
u can also use a blender BUT! once you have it fairly fine pour high concentration rubbing alcohol into the mix and blend a few more times. ince done lay it all out on tin foil light it on fire so everything burns off and then blend it again.
if done right you end up with what is basically dust
A MASK IS VERY IMPORTANT
@@slipgun7 hey, I had the same Idea!
Once you burn it you get 100% Aluminum oxide Al2O3
@@pm1234 you burn off the alcohol.
@@Metal_Master_YT without the Aluminum? How? Better wait for alcohol to evaporate.
very practical use of aluminum powder, if you mix with fresh slurry of cement with fine sand and some fiberglass it turns foamy concrete to make light foamed concrete just place on a mold and you have a very light moulded piece of art the cement reacts with aluminum creating millions of bubbles and makes concrete light
but i think that's the process of autoclaved aerated concrete, bc it's Hydrogene gas, you need to autoclave it to conserve the structure, or you will lose the bubbles
this is very helpful for making bombs, thanks pal
Or simple pyrotechnics
Or anti seize
THERMITE CATAPULT ANYONE?
@@helloperson9445 or a thermite rocket. (Yes, someone made that, and yes it's on yt)
It’s probably not fine enough
Awesome, thanks! I am just glad that you spelled pyrotechnics right.
poor grinder gave its life for this video.
I cri evri tim 😢😢😢
Yes I know it's spelt wrong. But BUILD A FREAKING BRIDGE AND GET OVER IT
It's spelt wrong for comedic effect :)
only the blades get damaged......
ArtisanTony bought a coffee grinder for 12 bucks and it croaked within first batch of aluminum powder i made. Didn’t really get a fine enough mesh to ball mill during the process. It’s just better to buy it.
Artisan Tony yup, RIP grinder you'll be missed
Thomas Webster I don’t have the tools
who is here for thermite
YOOO
run your foil through a paper shredder before grinder.
Very helpful video man! Thank you!
Hope you enjoyed it :)
now I can make thermite 😈😈 jk
Yup, you done made some fine powder there Jethro!
where did you get the grinder or dose any coffee grinder like this work
If you mix this into paint, I believe it will make the paint a more long lasting paint. This is what I am researching. Using such a thing in outdoor paint, to create an even more durable and long lasting paint for outdoors.
Another method I think may be possible, in small batches, use a mortar and pestle, but add some very find sand into the mortar and pestle, and rub it around with gentle or moderate force, it should ground the foil into a fine powder, and yeah probably wear a face mask while doing it, and do it outside. After this it should be possible to use a kind of winnowing technique to separate the sand from the aluminium powder.
is this good enough to be used for aerated concrete?! Thinking of doing it.
What if I add this to Pykrete? Will it be sturdy enough to make a knife out of it? Would carbon powder work better?
Just a thought for anyone-But first let me say I have never used this type of Alu for my pyrotechnics I buy my Alu in many different grades- with that said after you screen the fine powder out what is left on the screen is very useful in fireworks! for making twinkling type effects long lasting sparks for stars but like I said I have not used this method for my ALU the best "Home made ALU that I have used is to take a bar or chunk of ALU and using a grinding wheel in water to make the powder it works VERY well for slo flash as well as any other pyro mix calling for 40-60 mesh powder just thought I would throw that out there for anyone who might be interested thanks for posting your video
thanks
It will also work well as a desiccant for food storage. Iron powder is cheaper, but harder to make yourself.
*by yourself
@@alvinlo9944 both work fine lol
Great job!
toothpick993 how long does the grinder last for? Like how many times can you use it before it stops working?
omg, it is so simple. it is genius thing
Very Good Video !!
does this ruin the grinder forever or does it only ruin it for other uses? like if I need to make multi batches can I use it in the future? Thanks!
That is an insane amount of it
Does it work with a grinder which has only one speed?
Do the blades spinning action of the grinder can produce enough heat to make the fine homemade aluminum powder ignite?
Can I do same press in video for copper?
wow,i was just thinking of buying alum. powder online and just thinking how could i make my self.
hmmmm.thanx for da vid.thumb up from me👍👍👍
@Aryaswa Bhonsle pyrotechnic thermate?
probably. thats actually why im here
@@connordziadul6048
Where did your get mesh from? Link?
I'm gonna use it to make a pigment for paint or maybe try it as a pigment additive
Thank you for idea
This video convinced me that it is 100% worth just ordering pre made aluminum powder.....
just a tip for coffee grinder use , shake it up and down youll keep the contents down with the blades more, although aluminum might be to light anyway haven't tried this video
is this the same aluminum metal that they make outside ac coils aluminum and copper can I use the same aluminum all of the coil
That's awesome. I need to do this to fine stainless steel wool if possible? I want to patch some stainless steel knife handles as an experiment to see how it looks? If it'll hold? Etc.
what is the size of the powder you have ,, can i use same way for silver.
you can get different mesh screens on ebay pretty cheaply, I got a 12 inch square of 75 micron not sure on the mesh, but the same guy had similar sizes of sheets all the way down to 25microns, which I think was 550 mesh? anyway get a batch of different sizes mount in a case over each other and sort the particles, regrind anything not small enough :) I used sililcon sealant and 2liter bottles to glue them into the tops (make cheap funnels) and filtered both bismuth powder and graphite powder I made this way, very ingenious :)
Wow very cool thanks
What kind of grinder do you have
Hey uh I spilled a shit ton of this stuff in my backyard and I would like to clean it up but I don't want to inhale any. Any respirator recommendations?
Is it possible to do without grinder, maybe with mortar and pestle?
Fma transmutation circle I all ready love ur channel
so simple, wish I thought of it.
Cool video
this is really lovely.thank you.now tell me.please with what liquid to mix the powder to make it really mirror color liquid? i hope to transform it into paint
buy mirror in a can at any paint store...mirrors are a piece of glass with that paint on it
What happens if I put this aluminium power on a clay something (sculpture, pot, etc...) and then burn it?Will it just melt and cover the object as I think it will, or something else? (like for example the kiln is much hotter than the melting point of aluminium (we sometimes decorate stuff with glass and it melts) so for example it overheats? what happens then? What else could happen?)
So it did blend :D
why is it black, shouldnt it be white? also, any idea for anything other than aluminium foil? i recently got a full aluminium chassis from an old corporative switch, and it's very thick (2,5mm, about a 1Kg), not sure a coffee grinder could take it.
Can u use it for stainless steel foil
could i do this with titanium foil as well?
Useful for flashpowder
I bet this will work.. how much does a tee spoon weigh? Need a 1-1/8 shotshell wad full for a door breachin/ frangible slug.. if mixed with paraffin
Will it be conveniant to use a larger coffee grinder or perhaps a small/medium sized blender?
+DJBassTiJaneOfficial Smaller blenders usually have a higher rpm and would reduce the aluminum to a finer powder.
is it possible to make firecrackers with this powder?
What is the grinder and where can i buy it?
Omg this is not what i was looking for
Can I Mix it with a Chinese Perchlorate to make flash?
That's a lot work but thanks for sharing...
does it work if I don't have a fine option
Thank you this is exactly the tutorial i needed shitt
If you put your end product into a (Harbor Freight $35.00) ball mill for about 5 days, you will end up with aluminum powder you can make extremely powerful flash powder with. thanks for the video. Thumbs up
Need this for percussion caps 🤠
Thanks im gonna finish making thermite 👍
would it not oxidize when it hit air? I want to try making thermite, but the reaction would not take place if i have aluminum oxide
How to prevent it
IF you use a blender & a Ball Roller with ceramic or glass marbles, then you will get powdered aluminium dust, that will be the consistency of talc powder.
Hi, new here. What is, or where can I get "a Ball roller with ceramic or glass marbles"
@@dewaldswarts you dont know how to use GOOGLE
Can this self ignite?? Also can i use the same grinder for aluminium and rust or should i use seperate?
just a random guy (bit late lol) yes i would seperate it bcuz of the fact that leftover rust/aluminum can be stuck in small creveases and alum + iron oxide = thermite and you dont want it the heat generated from the blades on the metal to possibly ignite the thermite.
Can I use the powder for additive printing
No
Nice
Sir pure aluminum ka powder kaise melt hota hain????
hm aluminum ka powder kis temparature par melt kare @@kya isake saath kuchh aur metal milaya jaata hain yaa koi flux.........plz tell me
It's black do to more surface area for the aluminium to oxidise. That's why it should always be in a sealed container so it won't oxidise in air. If you have filings of magnesium or zinc you can use that as well. For thicker parts like your chassis, you may just need to file aluminium off it
Add liquid nitrogen to make it brittle
Lekin who white hotta hay
U got me, me and my friend will try to make thermite 😂👌
I mean, pleanty of people have done that. It's *just* a chemical that can melt small amounts of steel, and is used instead of black powder for mining...
Very nice.
Have you ever had a problem with immediate oxygenation?
I have been trying to make a fine powder from magnesium shavings.
I used a ball mill, didn't burp it at all, ran it for 2 days.
When I went to retrieve my powder, I poured out everything into a sifter with news paper under it to catch the powder, as soon as it passed through the mesh, it spontaneous combusted, this could have been a very bad situation, fortunately I was able to not get burned or burn anything worth mentioning.
The only reason I bring this up, is after doing more research on what I did wrong, it seems that very fine aluminum will do the same thing, just not as easily.
I suppose that by using the coffee grinder, the aluminum is constantly being exposed to oxygen, so that it oxidizes as it's ground(just a small amount actually ends up being aluminum oxide, while most stays in the metal form we are after.
I have seen enough to know that it can still combust after or during the griding process.
Thanks for the video and info.
Stay safe, stay strong.
Static
@@Epiphalactic oxygen
Did you find the solution
@@darianatanassof3051 yes, burb the tumbler at least once an hour, use a bit of charcoal to cover the powder in a fine coating......it can still self ignite, has to be a better way than paying for it already milled.
How about you? Any ideas or thoughts on this?
Take care Freind.
@@allentremper8243 thanks friend take care
2:34
this part is weirdly satisfying
Is it safe to use a blender?
It look like fine sand by me do i must grind longer
i use magnesium powder, iron oxide and aluminium powder. nice mixture
Very good, means you like your mixtures 'Hot'
@sotojoe8 What Brian wrote were the ingredients for the Thermite. When ignited they burn at a temperature of about 4000 F. My comment meant to be a pun actually, lol.
This is a really helpful video! How much was that coffee grinder and where did you get it?
You comment this on a 6 year old video and you expect to get an answer ?..
Headshot 2k18 woah woah chill mate.. I didnt try to look at how old the video was. Ok? And there could be a chance, not a big one but I tried anyway
I found one that looks similar to this one and it costs 12 euros, so it's pretty cheap.
Necropost says: a rock tumbler works wayyy better for this.
I'll answer you bro. LOL. Search for Blade Coffee Grinder, they are cheap and they sell it everywhere. From Amazon to Walmart.
Can we use this as silver dust powder (for crafts jewels)
It is explosive at high temperatures, so you would need to add something to it to keep it from blowing up. Like clear glue or something. Also, the color is really dull, so other things would probably work better.
Thanks
Mas beli nya blender di mana ya
Can I use this powder for TNt explosive?
Better mix it with charcoal to get dark aluminium more reactive
Thank you for the content
One little bit of advice.... spell check
Is it not illeagal to own this in most countries. Like the US Canada UK most of Europr
gotta say this is asmr as well
Anyone know how fine the screen should be in microns?
I hope you will respond quickly. What is the name of this machine and how much is it priced and can I work with iron powder?
It's a coffee grinder, I picked it up for around $10AUD for a cheap one and I doubt iron would work, unless you had iron foil. If you are after iron powder I would suggest getting iron shaving and then blending them but even that I don't know if it would work
what is size of aluminiam dust ?
To make dark aluminum powder you could add bit of charcoal before grinding it to fine powder. (Is that right?)
correct, to make german dark
Freddie Bell got any tips on making dark aluminum?
I did my aluminium powder in the same way.But I noticed a difference before and after: the conductivity. The aluminium kitchen foil its normally conductive (verified with multimeter), but after the grinding, it becomes an insulator. Why?.
Nice observation. Aluminium foil is a continuous solid in the metallic state. As such, it is quite conductive. Period.
Very fine aluminium powder is finely subdivided and - like foil - covered in a very thin layer of aluminium oxide, a very good electrical insulator. This is because aluminium is a very reactive metal: without its protective oxide coating, it would not survive the atmospheric environment (the oxide passivates it). When a common DMM's prongs are pressed onto the foil, the oxide layer breaks, thus establishing conductive paths between the foil's surface and its interior, which is very conductive. Therefore, aluminum foil as a whole is conductive. With powder, it is a different state of affairs: the prongs make contact with the powder, but it is not sufficiently forceful to peel the oxide away due to the medium offering little mechanical stiffness. Moreover, grains barely touch each other, making conduction difficult. I also think that grinding may increase the thickness of the oxide layer, making it even more insulating. Hope it helps,
send me more,.... for industrial use of aluminium powder
Do ya get on a list from watching these videos?
can you use this stuff too make thermite
Yeah as long as its really fine
What use?
It's better and faster if you throw water in the blender. Makes the particles even smaller. And cools the aluminium.Pour it out in a dish and let it dry.
that monment when youv been grinding this before with no resperator
What can you use when you have no mesh screen
Amazon. To buy a mesh screen.
i was brought here from a video showing how to make tannerite. a few videos i saw a while back said that you need to be really careful when grinding this because they said it could explode once it comes into contact with fresh air right after you grind it. is this true?
no not at all
Yes very true
Dat shit will go boom boom Bro
Cool can you also make a video on how to extract rust? Its for a science experiment
How to extract rust:
1.) get wire brush
2.) get rusty iron or steel
3.) vigorously wipe rust metal with wire brush
4.) collect the dust aka red iron oxide
@@JW-ol4cp thx
Is 200 mesh aluminum powder good enough to make flash?
KNO3/AL/S
5/3/2
yes it should be
Well other ppl said you need 400+ :s idk
It works dude
No it is NOT
I have 5micron aluminium powder and it is too slow for flashpowder so it need to be less then 3 or 2 micron/um
RIP in peaches coffee blender. You've served me well :'(
"Rest in peace in peaches coffee blender"
PJ MasterDiddy
??? I don't understand it either. lol
What do you do with the Aluminum powder? Whats it used for?
It burns really hot, but you need a blowtorch or something like it to light it. It Also burns much better if you add rust powder to it, just be careful, this stuff is pretty dangerous.