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I'm doing a little experiment on reducing iron oxide back to bare iron. I'm going to use a blued rod, coconut oil and ultraviolet light.
Im using coconut oil because information from this site suggests that it is very transparent to uv light. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jspec/2013/540417/
I'm using uv light so that the bare metal layer created is very superficial. It also should allow me to prevent rusting because the fresh surface will still be oiled until I can get it in an oxygen free environment. I've reduced graphite oxide to graphite with uv light but never a metal.
Does this sound feasible? Are there commercial processes that are easily researched that would be more applicable to my needs?
Im using coconut oil because information from this site suggests that it is very transparent to uv light. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jspec/2013/540417/
I'm using uv light so that the bare metal layer created is very superficial. It also should allow me to prevent rusting because the fresh surface will still be oiled until I can get it in an oxygen free environment. I've reduced graphite oxide to graphite with uv light but never a metal.
Does this sound feasible? Are there commercial processes that are easily researched that would be more applicable to my needs?