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Ferrofluid Toys/Gifts 2016-11-18 01:03:45 Post No. 1085731
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I have done some cursory research, but I have a bunch of other garbage to do today.
Have any of you experimented with different ferrofluid techniques? It seems like "Just add magnetite powder to oleic acid/vegetable oil" is too good to be true.
If I want to just put small amounts in small jars to give away for Christmas, what should I suspend it in? What is MICR toner made of in the first place?
My current plan is to just buy some test tubes with stoppers and try whatever comes up in this thread. I would love to see if anyone has images of what they have already made.
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>>1085731
It is too good to be true. It ends up looking like shit. Go with the oleic acid, ferric chloride, ammonia, route
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>>1085769
Do you have any pictures? Just curious as to what the ferric chloride route ends up being.
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>>1085772
Fucking. Google. It.
It's pretty much the same as the ferrofluid that's commercially available.
BTW it appears you can now buy shiny golden colored ferrofluid bottles on certain chinese websites
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>>1085773
Been googling for most of the day; seems like people who mix powder do not seem to be mixing in oleic acid, and therefore provide no insight. The ferric chloride method has not necessarily proven anything in terms of nanoparticle size, so I cannot compare it effectively (nor do any of the pictures really come out very well). Hence me asking here.
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>>1085731
The dust from plasma cutters works well. I used oleic acid and mineral oil. Kerosene works better but meh.
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