Conducting Electrode Material and Pre-treatment of Electrodes Experiments

[HTwoGo]

...how do you do the annealing?

Best, HTwoGo

[Duranza]

Well you need a furnace to do that... Try to look for a metal working shop and have them anneal them for you. You must get all the stress out of the metal. After they are annealed you can't modify them anymore without re-annealing them...

[HTwoGo]

?the furnace is not the problem, I?ve got a small tool room furnace good to 1100deg C but we have no experience of SS, with out any other input I would take the plates to 900C no soak needed as they re so thin and then let them cool in the furnace until back to ambient. Should I give it a try?

[tinu]

@HTwoGo,

You have a furnace, an electronic balance, lab software, power sources, calibrated instruments and many more... Obviously, a very nice lab! Above all, excellent skills and fine researcher abilities and knowledge. It?s a real honor and pleasure seeing you around!

I know it?s off-topics here but anyway, since I?ve noticed that you came and go, probably without digging through too many threads, do you mind having a look at http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,3086.msg49853/topicseen.html#msg49853?
It?s an interesting theory and I still hope in successful experiments, although I haven?t reached that point as of yet?

Tx,
Tinu

[Duranza]

You have to dwell them at temperature between 1060-1120 C for at least 30 mins and back down to just bellow 1000 C for 30 mins and do this cycle 4-5 times to anneal them properly. Your furnace sounds like it will do the job. Remember to let them cool inside the furnace without opening the door after the completion of the process.