remember, please post from the address you are subscribed as. thanks. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: slayer <slayer@fix.net> To: logh Subject: Re: Question about Iserlohn Metals are generally liquid at high temperatures, but as stated, Mercury is liquid at room temperatures. There is some speculation that hydrogen is a liquid at low temperatures, admittedly under enormous pressures. The whole question of what constitutes a metal can be questioned however, since existing definitions of metals are sorely lacking in fundamentals. The salient features of metals can be replicated to some extent in most other classes of materials (high electrical and thermal conductivity, ductility, high luster, etc.). The upshot of all of this is that it is entirely concievable that such things exist... andy (lurker extraordinaire, geek code block follows...:) Lee Thompson wrote: > On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 09:24:21 +0900, you wrote: > > >I have a question about Iserlohn. > >In anime, Iserlohn's surface is coated by hydrometals. > >Is there any such material on earth or in universe actually? > >If not, is there any possibility that such materials can > >exist theoretically? > > Mercury. > > _ > Lee Thompson lt@seattlelab.com > Seattle Lab Inc. http://www.seattlelab.com > Product Manager -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.1 GE d-- s+: a-- C++ UL++ P+ L++ E--- W++ N+ K- w-- M- PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5- X++ R+ tv++ b++ DI++ D++ G e++? h r-- y** ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ --------------8B89D474351E817550F916B5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">Metals are generally liquid at high temperatures, but as stated, Mercury is liquid at room temperatures. There is some speculation that hydrogen is a liquid at low temperatures, admittedly under enormous pressures. The whole question of what constitutes a metal can be questioned however, since existing definitions of metals are sorely lacking in fundamentals. The salient features of metals can be replicated to some extent in most other classes of materials (high electrical and thermal conductivity, ductility, high luster, etc.). The upshot of all of this is that it is entirely concievable that such things exist...
andy (lurker extraordinaire, geek code block follows...:)
Lee Thompson wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 09:24:21 +0900, you wrote:>I have a question about Iserlohn.
>In anime, Iserlohn's surface is coated by hydrometals.
>Is there any such material on earth or in universe actually?
>If not, is there any possibility that such materials can
>exist theoretically?Mercury.
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Lee Thompson lt@seattlelab.com
Seattle Lab Inc. http://www.seattlelab.com
Product Manager
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