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Jim Adney wrote: >On 3 May 2005 at 17:06, Steven Ayres wrote: > > > >>BradM=> I am getting the shrouds and tins sandblasted. >> >>If you're doing the actual fan shroud, be sure that the person doing the >>work knows that it's made of magnesium, not aluminum. >> >> > >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)? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~