[Amps] a common topic here tspa

[Richard Measures]

On Apr 7, 2005, at 11:35 PM, Steve Thompson wrote:

> R.Measures wrote:
>> The boiling point of anything in a vacuum is lower, but I do not know
>> how much lower it is for gold.  In any case, it would still be above
>> the melting point of 1063ºC.
> Can gold leave the grid structure if it's molten but not boiling?

Apparently, Steve, but I usually see some gold craters along with bared 
patches of molybdneum, which indicates there was some boiling going on 
at the time.  To me, this suggests that the process was rapid.
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