War Nickels and Manganese

[fiatboy]

To retrieve the silver from war nickels, they're dissolved rather than melted, because the manganese in them is very dangerous at high temperatures. I'd like to know more about this process and why melting war nickels is considered to be so dangerous. Could anyone elaborate on this?

 

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[whitesid]

why would youwant to melt them? you can sell them for more than scrap.

 

[fiatboy]

I don't want to melt. I'm just curious from a metallurgical perspective.

 

[fiatboy]

I wasn't sure quite where to post this question, but since it involves the melting of metal, I put in the scrap forum.

 

[whitesid]

if you get it hot enough the mang. will boil. when it boils it creates a dangerous gas.

 

[fiatboy]

Thanks!