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What Projects Would You like to see on this page?

8/4/2014

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Over the past four years I have posted a variety of projects and information that I thought may be useful to my readers/viewers. Some have been very well received as was the “Anodizing Aluminum without Battery Acid” and it has been translated into at least 15 languages around the world. The post on “Reusable Molding Material” also received many comments and community response. Also, the “Static Electricity Detector” was read frequently. But others either have generated none or very few comments. So, I am not sure if my efforts are wasted, no comments necessary, or useful in any way. So, I am reaching out to you for some feedback and direction.
Despite the fact that I maintain four separate topic pages, the Science and Technology page is my main interest. I have been pursuing what I hope will be interesting, entertaining, and informative posts. But it would be helpful to know if you want chemistry, physics, electronics, or other types of projects. So, I would appreciate the time it takes to write a short comment to guide me in my choices of science topics.
Some of my projects take time to research, develop, and test. I try to offer some originality and versatility and I frequently have failures. (Don’t we all?) I could copy other sites but there is little value if the project requires no thought process. I usually have some pretty bazaar ideas and they may fall outside of what you may want. For example I am working on an infrasound project, (sounds below human hearing), and a silk screen photo emulsion made at home. But maybe you want something else and I could use the feedback to craft new science fun. I am also open to guest posts if you have a project that you would like to share. Leave a comment and I will post my email so we can chat! Thanks, Ken…



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Archie
8/17/2014 02:55:30 am

I follow your work and think that if you join up a few of your ideas you could create a new age for electronics.
Clive Sinclair said that the future would be a mixture of organic and electronic computers. With your background and knowledge you seem to fit the profile.

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Anodizer
8/20/2014 01:36:05 pm

Hello. I read your article about anodizing with sodium bisulfate and was able to scale it up to tanks with several hundred gallons of sodium bisulfate. Short answer is it scales up very well - but only sort of. There are some strange issues with titanium racking that crop up that we encountered that makes it somewhat unsuitable for such a "professional" level of production, in the hundreds of amps at once range. Did you ever try to rack the parts you were anodizing with titanium or encounter any issues when anodizing with sodium bisulfate?

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Ken
8/21/2014 02:38:48 am

Hi,
I have used titanium but found that most of the problem with its use is the fact that it is a transition metal with only a 10 % of the conductivity of a consumable like aluminum. And, as it is a great corrosion resistant metal, the resistance increases as it becomes passivated. It is a tough problem to solve and the only reasonable answer seems to be an increased cross-section, which may not be possible due to cost. But, the same problem exists with H2SO4. If you come up with a solution to the increased amperage please post. Thanks, Ken.

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