every time i go to the scrap yard

lol....

The funny thing is YES. Rust is iron oxide...just where oxygen has bonded with the iron atoms. They can do it in a blast furnace by introducing carbon to bond with the oxygen that is freed by the heat applied...I looked it up and basically they just have to limit the amount of oxygen in the furnace and introduce coke for the carbon. This is why rusty metal is fine.

I would imagine it would be a bit more work at the furnace if you just threw in tons of rust since they would have to add so much pig iron or coke...but it still is iron...jusy oxidized.

Funny but true...

My first cleanup was at my parents farm the farmer who lived there had dumped all his metal in the woods. There was a cab to an old mercury m100 and the front end of a Chevy envoy an old 4cyl car from the 50s or 60s iirc. There was also abou a half ton of old tin cans. Everything was so rusty it would crumble in my hands, I actually considered using a shovel. All the way to the yard I was followed by a cloud of red dust and when I got there they guy didn't look twice. He just pointed to the light iron and told me to leave it there.
So does this mean I can scrap our smallest province?
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Too bad the sand is red and not green.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Skippy?? is that you,,,

HA - I forgot about Skippy!

Skippy is immortalized in the archives at lest. lol. I got to experience his end time here, but he still provides many laughs.

An yea..my yard yells at me to when I get to snooping! They yell in a good way tho. lol.

Sirscrapalot - The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept. - George Carlin