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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:34 pm    Post subject: Need help!!!! Reply with quote

I have a 6063 aluminun tube with a fiberglass/epoxy outer wrap. Is there an reasonably fast and effective way to chemically dissolve the aluminum tube, without seriously degrading the fiberglass outer shell?
Any suggestion will be much appreciated.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:46 am    Post subject: sulphuric acid Reply with quote

Sulphuric acid will dissolve aluminum, but this is a very slow process and the acids are a bit of a risk to use, too. Aluminum is a very strang metal and resists corrosion very well with an aluminum oxide layer. This is a hard question.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:05 pm    Post subject: aluminium dissolving Reply with quote

you may try with concentrated alkali solution (NaOH, KOH), that will dissolve Al and will not react with epoxidic resins
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