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I am a senior in high school. The project I'm working on is my extended essay for the IB program . I am currently taking my third year of chemistry and first year of physics. I'm trying to find the optimum ratio of cu-zn in alpha-beta brass for maximum hardness. I'm having a hard time...

A local institution is allowing me to to use their small furnace. They are only helping me actually carry out the procedure(for safety reasons). Thanks this helped a lot.

I need some help with information for making brass for a science project. I have access to a furnace and professional help. I need to know at what temperature i should heat the furnace to, how long i should wait before adding the zinc, what % zinc is lost due to vaporization, and how long i...

For example suppose you had hydrochloric acid, could you precipitate the chloride out with lead to just have a solution of hydrogen ions?