Thursday, January 7, 2010

What is it when you pour liquid onto steel and ignite it to get a colorful 'stain' on the metal when finished?

its called fire scale. it creates an oxide of the metal.What is it when you pour liquid onto steel and ignite it to get a colorful 'stain' on the metal when finished?
oxides of Fe and Cr formedWhat is it when you pour liquid onto steel and ignite it to get a colorful 'stain' on the metal when finished?
Art.
Patination? I used patination (patina) on a bronze cast sculpture in my first year of uni. I brushed the bronze surface with chemicals and heated the metal with a blowtorch to produce a coloured, aged bronze effect.





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