Metals can indeed evaporate when heated past their boiling points, with mercury being a notable example due to its use in mercury-vapor lamps. Other metals, such as tungsten, also exhibit evaporation, as evidenced by the grayish layer found in fused light bulbs. Evaporation occurs at any temperature, not just at boiling point, as the vapor pressure of the metal can equal atmospheric pressure. Techniques such as distillation and laser ablation can facilitate the evaporation of metals.
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Owh thanks and anything other than mercury?A.T. said:Yes. Mercury vapor for example is quite unhealthy. But was used in lamps:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-vapor_lamp
One need not heat metals past their boiling point in order to get evaporation. You get evaporation at any temperature, though the rate may be extremely low. Boiling point is simply the temperature at which the resulting pressure of metal vapor is equal to ambient atmospheric pressure.saranya_sarah said:If you boil metals passing their boiling point...will it evaporate?
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