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Did you know that magnesium can burn underwater
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AzHeat
on November 23, 2004 at 4:26 PM
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Any magnesium in the stock TT exhaust manifolds?
posted by znessnv
on November 23, 2004 at 04:21 PM
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once it starts to combust? I doubt any exhaust manifold would contain magnesium. If I remember correctly, VW engine blocks were once made of magnesium.
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Any magnesium in the stock TT exhaust manifolds?
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znessnv
16:21:56 11/23/04
Did you know that magnesium can burn underwater -
AzHeat
16:26:50 11/23/04
I did not know that. Maybe it is a standard question.
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znessnv
16:34:32 11/23/04
I heard it takes 650 degrees Celcius to ignite
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AzHeat
16:44:49 11/23/04
Yeah, if you have ever seen an explosion inhanced with
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Unluky (MO)
17:04:14 11/23/04
It is a high nickel iron alloy if I remember (n/m)
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ScubaSteve
17:08:45 11/23/04
b/c Mg + most ceramics = bad... (lowers the melting point) (n/m)
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Scotts94z32
17:20:07 11/23/04
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