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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 21:12, Constantino Tobio wrote: > > > >Really? I always wondered.... > > > >Is there a simple way to tell the difference? > > > > > > > Well, pure magnesium burns very nicely, with a bright yellow-white flame. :) > > We sure it's not a magnesium-aluminum alloy (that's high in magnesium)? > We burned a JUNK case and a fan shroud last 4th of July. A friend of mine does professional pyrotechnics, and will take all the cases and fan shrouds I give her. Just be careful, once it is started, it is hard to put out. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~