Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/12/06 18:04

"doc" wrote ...
> hmmmmm, "evaporated metal" - - metal doesn't evaporate. it oxidizes but
> it can not evaporate. would take 5000 degrees.

We've been evaporating various metals (gold, aluminum, copper,
etc.) for several decades now in large-scale industrial settings.
The computer you are reading this on wouldn't exist unless people
could easily evaporate and deposit metal. Google is your friend.

The filament in your CRT (and/or the incandescent light over your
head) are both evaporating as you read this sentence. Good thing
they're in a vacuum. Else they would oxidize really quickly! :-)

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