WAUKESHA 88 CRAZY !!!! MONDS PROCESS?

[harryjackson]

 

Waz up I’m a journeyman tool & die maker and the alloy I mostly work with is waukesha 88 and the local scrapyard isn’t taking it anymore   My boss wants to throw the metal chips in the dumpster
I told him I would take them but now they are piling up    Tons of them

I would like to extract the nickel out and found the MONDS PROCESS has anyone ever tried that at a diy level or is there a better way     I know this site if full of very intellectual and intelligent free thinkers always outside the box 

Sort of wondering what all of you would do with tons of these metal chips lol ?

 

Alloy 88 is known as Waukesha 88, its mostly made from nickel, but also includes tin, iron, bismuth and chromium materials. It solves the problem of galling of stainless steel materials, which are often used to combat corrosion-caused processing of aggressive foods and pharmaceuticals.
 

 

[exchemist]

1 hour ago, harryjackson said:

 

Waz up I’m a journeyman tool & die maker and the alloy I mostly work with is waukesha 88 and the local scrapyard isn’t taking it anymore   My boss wants to throw the metal chips in the dumpster
I told him I would take them but now they are piling up    Tons of them

I would like to extract the nickel out and found the MONDS PROCESS has anyone ever tried that at a diy level or is there a better way     I know this site if full of very intellectual and intelligent free thinkers always outside the box 

Sort of wondering what all of you would do with tons of these metal chips lol ?

 

Alloy 88 is known as Waukesha 88, its mostly made from nickel, but also includes tin, iron, bismuth and chromium materials. It solves the problem of galling of stainless steel materials, which are often used to combat corrosion-caused processing of aggressive foods and pharmaceuticals.
 

 

Definitely a case of “Don’t try this at home”. Nickel carbonyl is appallingly dangerous to health and carbon monoxide, which you would need, is also pretty lethal.

[John Cuthber]

I'd be surprised if you can't find some metal recycling place that's prepared to take it.
Nickel is quite valuable.

 

The Mond process just isn't something that works on a "home brew" scale.