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BOUNCE logh@soda.csua.berkeley.edu: Non-member submission from [Wayne H Yin ] (fwd)

Hank Wong (hankwong@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU)
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 23:56:42 -0800 (PST)




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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:50:50 -0600 (CST)
From: Wayne H Yin 
Reply-To: why@cc.utexas.edu
Subject: Re: Question about Iserlohn


On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Ka On Lee wrote:

> "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.
> 
  yeah, i can't help wondering how a liquid (even a liquid metal)
doesn't either freeze/solidify or simply boil away in the vacuum.

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  Wayne H. Yin
  why@cc.utexas.edu