Melting Points of Common Metals & Tempering Bath Common Salts (Year of 1826)
-38° = mercury (metal)
236° = sulpher (metal)
350° - 450° = babbitt metals (metal)
423° = selenium (metal)
450° = tin (metal)
520° = bismuth (metal)
610° = cadmium (metal)
621° = lead (metal)
715° - 720° = zinc die casting alloy (metal)
786° = zinc (metal)
1166° = antimony (metal)
1204° = magnesium (metal)
1218° = cast aluminum & drawn aluminum (metal)
1562° = barium (metal)
1692° = manganese bronze & phosphor bronze & tobin bronze (metal)
1700° - 1850° = cast red brass & cast yellow brass & drawn brass (metal)
1762° = silver (metal)
1945° = gold (metal)
1981° = cast copper & drawn copper (metal)
2000° = white cast iron (metal)
2100° - 2350° = grey cast iron (metal)
2237° = manganese (metal)
2400° - 2700° = stainless steel (metal)
2400° - 2750° = carbon steel (metal)
2570° = hard steel (metal)
2588° = silicon (metal)
2600° - 2750° = cast steel (metal)
2646° = nickel (metal)
2690° = mild steel (metal)
2696° = cobalt (metal)
2700° - 2750° = wrought iron (metal)
2750° = chromium (metal)
2768° = pure iron (metal)
2820° = palladium (metal)
3090° = zirconium (metal)
3182° = vanadium (metal)
3191° = platinum (metal)
3272° = beryllium (metal)
4352° = uranium (metal)
4532° = molybdenum (metal)
5252° = tantalum (metal)
5432° = tungsten (metal)
6332° = carbon (metal)
563° = solder (9 parts wt. lead & 1 part wt. tin) (metal)
529° = solder (8 parts wt. lead & 2 parts wt. tin) (metal)
504° = solder (7 parts wt. lead & 3 parts wt. tin) (metal)
464° = solder (6 parts wt. lead & 4 parts wt. tin) (metal)
428° = solder (5 parts wt. lead & 5 parts wt. tin) (metal)
374° = solder (4 parts wt. lead & 6 parts wt. tin) (metal)
365° = solder (3 parts wt. lead & 7 parts wt. tin) (metal)
392° = solder (2 parts wt. lead & 8 parts wt. tin) (metal)
421° = solder (1 part wt. lead & 9 parts wt. tin) (metal)
205° = solder (32.0% wt. lead & 15.5% wt. tin & 52.5% bismuth) (metal)
214° = solder (25.8% wt. lead & 19.8% wt. tin & 54.4% bismuth) (metal)
257° = solder (25.0% wt. lead & 15.0% wt. tin & 60.0% bismuth) (metal)
262° = solder (43.0% wt. lead & 14.0% wt. tin & 43.0% bismuth) (metal)
293° = solder (33.3% wt. lead & 33.3% wt. tin & 33.3% bismuth) (metal)
298° = solder (10.7% wt. lead & 23.1% wt. tin & 66.2% bismuth) (metal)
322° = solder (50.0% wt. lead & 33.0% wt. tin & 17.0% bismuth) (metal)
358° = solder (35.8% wt. lead & 52.1% wt. tin & 12.1% bismuth) (metal)
360° = solder (20.0% wt. lead & 60.0% wt. tin & 20.0% bismuth) (metal)
453° = solder (71.0% wt. lead & 9.0% wt. tin & 20.0% bismuth) (metal)
1904° = solder (9 parts wt. copper & 1 part wt. zinc) (metal)
1823° = solder (8 parts wt. copper & 2 parts wt. zinc) (metal)
1706° = solder (7 parts wt. copper & 3 parts wt. zinc) (metal)
1652° = solder (6 parts wt. copper & 4 parts wt. zinc) (metal)
1616° = solder (5 parts wt. copper & 5 parts wt. zinc) (metal)
1508° = solder (4 parts wt. copper & 6 parts wt. zinc) (metal)
1436° = solder (3 parts wt. copper & 7 parts wt. zinc) (metal)
1292° = solder (2 parts wt. copper & 8 parts wt. zinc) (metal)
1076° = solder (1 part wt. copper & 9 parts wt. zinc) (metal)
590° = sodium nitrate (salt)
640° = potassium nitrate (salt)
1480° = sodium chloride (table salt) (salt)
1620° = sodium sulphate (salt)
     
111° = phosphorus (element)
144° = potassium (element)
207° = sodium (element)
235° = sulphur (element)
1490° = calcium (element)
2588° = silicon (element)
     
400° carbon tool steel = faint yellow (flickering) hardening & tempering color
425° carbon tool steel = faint yellow hardening & tempering color
450° carbon tool steel = pale straw hardening & tempering color
456° carbon tool steel = straw hardening & tempering color
500° carbon tool steel = yellowish brown hardening & tempering color
525° carbon tool steel = light purple hardening & tempering color
530° carbon tool steel = purple hardening & tempering color
550° carbon tool steel = deep purple hardening & tempering color
575° carbon tool steel = prussian blue hardening & tempering color
600° carbon tool steel = dark blue hardening & tempering color
625° carbon tool steel = blue-green hardening & tempering color
900° carbon tool steel = red (barely visible) hardening & tempering color
1000° carbon tool steel = black-red hardening & tempering color
1200° carbon tool steel = blood red hardening & tempering color
1400° carbon tool steel = cherry red hardening & tempering color
1600° carbon tool steel = salmon (red turning to yellow) hardening & tempering color
1800° carbon tool steel = lemon hardening & tempering color
2000° carbon tool steel = very light lemon hardening & tempering color
2200° carbon tool steel = white hardening & tempering color
         
LEATHER SEALER'S OFFICE, Londonderry, Vt. April 8th 1826 Rory Ely Cole
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