Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1901 — Melting Iron In Five Seconds. [ARTICLE]

Melting Iron In Five Seconds.

Iron is said to have been melted in five seconds in a recent experiment carried out by Mr. Louis Dreyfus at Mr. T. A. Edison’s laboratory at Orange, X. J. Mr. Dreyfus represented the Goldschmidt Chemical Thermo Industrie of Essen, Germany. He covered an iron wrench in a crucible with a secret composition and added a small quantity of powdered aluminium. The wrench, which was six inches long and.one-half inch thick, was melted in five seconds after ths mixture was set on fire, the temperature being estimated at 3,000 degrees C. The process is suggested as being applicable to ths melting of rails and pipes.