[ATM] Zirconium Oxide was: Re: Salem catalogs - was Re: Fwd: [Fwd: [atm_free] Effect of pH on polishing fused silica was Re. Session 24...]

[GARY FUCHS <gary@rcn.com>]

That Salem catalog sounds interesting. I hope I can understand it! 

Salem lists Zirconium Oxide - on their site - as being 0.6u and the old container I have is hand marked "slow polishing". Has anyone used this? 

Thank you,

Gary Fuchs


---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 00:01:35 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Mark Cowan <toolontop@yahoo.com>  
>Subject: [ATM] Salem catalogs - was Re: Fwd: [Fwd: [atm_free] Effect of pH on polishing fused silica was Re. Session 24...]  
>To: atm@atmlist.net
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>Salem has a new glass catalog with all that cool
>information in it, and they're happy to send you one
>if you call them up and ask.  The guy who took over
>for Randy is Bob Carter (800-234-1982x228).
>
>Mark
>
>
>--- Jeff Rowe <jeffrowe@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Dave;
>> There are indeed areas of glass pushing that
>> approach "black art", and 
>> then there are areas that are really well known and
>> are used 
>> commercially daily. The conditions pros have access
>> to, we as amateurs 
>> can only wish , major humidity, temperature, and
>> dust control etc. That 
>> is not to state pros don't have problems as well. We
>> don't always have 
>> to reinvent the wheel. I hope you have the
>> opportunity to acquire a 
>> commercial manual for the purchase of current
>> abrasives/polishing 
>> compounds. In some cases alot of  the tough lifting
>> has been done, here 
>> are some examples from an older Salem catalog . The
>> folks that sell us 
>> these materials want us to succeed, and have a
>> pretty fair idea how they 
>> should be used. You'll run into stuff you've never
>> heard of before as 
>> well, below are just a few random choices, showing
>> the difference in pH 
>> recomendations.
>> 
>>    1.  Regipol 950 BB  Average particle size 1.2 u,
>> pH Factor 6.5-7.1
>>    2. Ultra-Sol 1000  Average particle size 0.5u
>> to1u, pH factor 8.0-9.0 
>>    3. Cerox 1650  Average particle size 1.5u , pH
>> factor 7
>>    4. 50-D-05  Average particle size 0.7u, pH factor
>> 8.0
>>    5. Barnsite  Average particle size 1.4u pH factor
>> 9.0-10     ( not
>>       that you would want to use this)
>> 
>> They also specify what products work good with
>> various materials, 
>> plastics, quartz, pyrex, Bk-7, fused silica, etc.
>> 
>
>
>
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