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Re: Question about Iserlohn

Ka On Lee (kolee@engsoc.carleton.ca)
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:39:56 -0500 (EST)




On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, 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.
> 
"Theoretically" it can be any metal since given enough heat any metal can
become liquid but only mercury stay in liquid state in room temperature.
Realistically even mercery is impossible given the extreme low temperature
of space.