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Pickling solution for removing oxide layer from Zr metal or Zr alloy

Dear Sir,
could you please let me know the composition of Pickling solution for removing oxide layer from Zr metal or Zr alloy.

Prashant S K
student - India
June 16, 2009

June 20, 2009

Try next solution:1 lit water/1 lit nitric acid/ 0,1 lit hydrofluoric acid! Be careful, use rubber rubber gloves ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] and safety goggles ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] ! According to M.Straschill: Neuzeitliches Beizen von Metallen (contemporary pickling of metals), Saulgau 1972.

Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia

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