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Posted by William Davis on 01/14/06 07:18
In article <q10ds151n71tlq28ii45d14o3gig98g9np@4ax.com>,
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:23:41 GMT, "doc" <doc@drdimento.net> wrote:
>
> >hmmmmm, "evaporated metal" - - metal doesn't evaporate. it oxidizes but it
> >can not evaporate. would take 5000 degrees.
>
> Bloody nonsense, way lower - and all metals can be made to evaporate
> (apart from one or two semi-metals at ambient pressure, which sublime)
>
> Check out your facts before posting again : Here are some exxamples of
> "facts" :
>
> http://www.noblemind.com/search.exe?keyword=Barium+Boiling+Point&var=2
> http://www.noblemind.com/search.exe?keyword=Mercury+Boiling+Point&var=2
> http://www.noblemind.com/search.exe?keyword=Lithium+Boiling+Point&var=2
> http://www.noblemind.com/search.exe?keyword=Zinc+Boiling+Point&var=2
> http://www.noblemind.com/search.exe?keyword=Lead+Boiling+Point&var=2
>
>
> >drd
> >
> >"webpa" <webpa@aol.com> wrote in message
> >news:1136568384.291913.175010@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >> Sorry. I was forced to stop reading your essay when you described
> >> "oxide particles" on DV tape. AFAIK, there is NO oxide coated (miniDV,
> >> DVCPro, etc) tape. It is all coated with a film of evaporated metal
> >> (among other things).
> >>
> >
I always "thought" that was shorthand for a metal EMULSION applied to
the vinyl tape stock and that it was the emulsion that evaporated
leaving the metal (and the binder) behind to achieve the recording
surface.
Don't really know why I thought that - possibly some long forgotten
reading?
For what it's worth.
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