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Nik_2213 replied to the thread Does molten magnesium react with silica?.Again, thank you !! Being able to cry, 'Oh ? Ooh, Shiny !!', rip up and re-write a sub-plot is one advantage of keeping a hefty... -
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You can glaze the magnesium object, but only if it first has a surface covering of MgO, to isolate the Mg metal from the surface glass. -
Nik_2213 replied to the thread Does molten magnesium react with silica?.Again, thank you. So, rather than coat the magnesium with silica glass, Plan_B is a TBA polymer...
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No. Magnesium metal is highly reactive. Molten magnesium metal will react with silica to produce silicon metal and the ceramic magnesia... -
Nik_2213 replied to the thread Does molten magnesium react with silica?.Thank you. Still world-building with passive atmosphere or vacuum processing... If conditions less extreme than an electric arc-furnace...
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Nik_2213 reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Does molten magnesium react with silica? with Informative.
Silicon is usually refined by heating quartz sand with carbon, in an electric arc furnace, to remove oxygen. Your question may become...
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Nik_2213 posted the thread Does molten magnesium react with silica? in Materials and Chemical Engineering.World-building: Assume *passive* atmosphere or processing in vacuum... Does molten magnesium react with pure silica, SiO2, as powder or...
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Nik_2213 reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Need a technical term for part of pressure hatch with Informative.
Hard points are usually tapered, and called Dog Keepers or Dog Catches.
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Nik_2213 posted the thread Need a technical term for part of pressure hatch in Mechanical Engineering.World-building... When a pressure hatch with a central 'wheel' drives its 4/6/8 radial bolts to 'dog' to coaming hard-points, what are...
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Nik_2213 replied to the thread High School Long rod in orbit.If 'rod' is conductive, monthly passage through Earth's geo-tail may influence perturbation...
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Nik_2213 replied to the thread Thermohaline circulation during 'Snowball Earth' episodes ?.Thank you. So, though the competing processes persist, their balance is currently un-clear.
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Nik_2213 reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Thermohaline circulation during 'Snowball Earth' episodes ? with Informative.
As ice forms on the surface of the oceans, salt is not bound by the ice, so salt content and the density of the seawater increases where...
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Nik_2213 posted the thread Thermohaline circulation during 'Snowball Earth' episodes ? in Earth Sciences.# World-building, NOT a school / college question. # What is known of Thermohaline circulation during 'Snowball Earth' episodes ? By...
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Nik_2213 reacted to DaveE's post in the thread Op-amp compensation of cascade fudges audio signal oddly with
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Sorry, I don't have a lot of time to review this. But... Does your SW also have a spectrum analyzer display mode (amplitude vs... -
Nik_2213 reacted to A.T.'s post in the thread High School Why would sailboat racers prefer a full keel over a fin keel? with Like.
You could have at least provided the link to the article you got that image from...