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Seems my comments have vanished without a trace FOUR times now. Whats up with that?
The use of the 911.5 number in that article is completely gratuitous. They are talking about the eutectic temperature, a kind of phase transition at which one solid (like an alloy) splits into two different solids (like Iron and Carbon).
For your run of the mill carbon steel, this happens at 723 c. I found a phase diagram that gives a different phase transition for pure silver at 911.5 celsius. The same publication gives the similar transition for pure iron as 912 celsius. --- "According to Dudarev, the softening depends on a so-called phase transition that changes the crystalline structure of the iron. The transition occurs at 911.5C but increasing temperatures affect it gradually and changes to the structure can be detected at 500C."
Someone was trying real hard to fit 911 into this non-news article. Don't forget the penta-tastic '.5'. Look up the numbers yourself.
This news article was probably some kind of graduation task for a promising MI5/6 employee. To commemorate the 9/11 celebration.
Fusion indeed.
Fusing a myth into the culture, into conversations about other stuff. Therefore reinforcing the myth as a truism.
Seems my comments have vanished without a trace three times now. Whats up with that?
The use of the 911.5 number in that article is completely gratuitous. They are talking about the eutectic temperature, a kind of phase transition at which one solid (like an alloy) splits into two different solids (like Iron and Carbon).
For your run of the mill carbon steel, this happens at 723 c. I found a phase diagram that gives a different phase transition for pure silver at 911.5 celsius. The same publication gives the similar transition for pure iron as 912 celsius. --- "According to Dudarev, the softening depends on a so-called phase transition that changes the crystalline structure of the iron. The transition occurs at 911.5C but increasing temperatures affect it gradually and changes to the structure can be detected at 500C."
Someone was trying real hard to fit 911 into this non-news article. Don't forget the penta-tastic '.5'. Look up the numbers yourself.
This news article was probably some kind of graduation task for a promising MI5/6 employee. To commemorate the 9/11 celebration.
Fusion indeed.
Fusing a myth into the culture, into conversations about other stuff. Therefore reinforcing the myth as a truism.
I found more than a few things odd in this article.
Why was it published now, on the eve of 9/11?
Why the prolific mentions of WTC, when the article is ostensibly about fusion? And I couldnt find the actual Dudarev article with the numbers, why the mention of specific number, 911.5, when that isnt actually the eutectic temperature for steel?
The use of the 911.5 number in that article is completely gratuitous. They are talking about the eutectic temperature, a kind of phase transition at which one solid (like an alloy) splits into two different solids (like Iron and Carbon).
For your run of the mill carbon steel, this happens at 723 c. I found a phase diagram that gives a different phase transition for pure silver at 911.5 celsius. The same publication gives the similar transition for pure iron as 912 celsius.
Don't forget the penta-tastic '.5'. Why is this number given so exactly, when they first talk roundly of "softens around 500 C". Then this exact 911.5. 9/11 and Pentagon.
Someone was trying real hard to fit 911 into this non-news article.
How utterly bizarre.
The point here is why use the WTC towers as an example at all? Has steel never been exposed to those (moderately) high temperatures before? Can this stuff not be quite easily tested in a lab?
(yes, it can, yes it has.)
Also, this paper wasnt available at the page where Duderovs colleagues and others present UKAEAs work. So couldnt check what he actually writes in the research paper.
Fusion indeed.
Fusing a myth into the culture, into conversations about other stuff. Therefore reinforcing the myth as a truism.
Nice assimilation!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutectic_point
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The same thing happened to Kahvi.org a few years back. Kahvi.org hosts free legal music, sent for release by the artists themselves under various licensing, many a times Creative Commons etc. Someone decided that nobody can really be giving legal music away for free, and called Kahvis ISP, which promptly pulled the plug without even consulting with Kahvi staff. They were understandably pissed off, and terminated their contract with said ISP immediately. Theyre still going good, and serving free and good electronic tunes...
Yeah, Ekiga is nice and works well.
Seems my comments have vanished without a trace FOUR times now. Whats up with that?
The use of the 911.5 number in that article is completely gratuitous. They are talking about the eutectic temperature, a kind of phase transition at which one solid (like an alloy) splits into two different solids (like Iron and Carbon).
For your run of the mill carbon steel, this happens at 723 c. I found a phase diagram that gives a different phase transition for pure silver at 911.5 celsius. The same publication gives the similar transition for pure iron as 912 celsius. --- "According to Dudarev, the softening depends on a so-called phase transition that changes the crystalline structure of the iron. The transition occurs at 911.5C but increasing temperatures affect it gradually and changes to the structure can be detected at 500C."
Someone was trying real hard to fit 911 into this non-news article. Don't forget the penta-tastic '.5'. Look up the numbers yourself.
This news article was probably some kind of graduation task for a promising MI5/6 employee. To commemorate the 9/11 celebration.
Fusion indeed.
Fusing a myth into the culture, into conversations about other stuff. Therefore reinforcing the myth as a truism.
Nice assimilation!
Seems my comments have vanished without a trace three times now. Whats up with that?
The use of the 911.5 number in that article is completely gratuitous. They are talking about the eutectic temperature, a kind of phase transition at which one solid (like an alloy) splits into two different solids (like Iron and Carbon).
For your run of the mill carbon steel, this happens at 723 c. I found a phase diagram that gives a different phase transition for pure silver at 911.5 celsius. The same publication gives the similar transition for pure iron as 912 celsius. --- "According to Dudarev, the softening depends on a so-called phase transition that changes the crystalline structure of the iron. The transition occurs at 911.5C but increasing temperatures affect it gradually and changes to the structure can be detected at 500C."
Someone was trying real hard to fit 911 into this non-news article. Don't forget the penta-tastic '.5'. Look up the numbers yourself.
This news article was probably some kind of graduation task for a promising MI5/6 employee. To commemorate the 9/11 celebration.
Fusion indeed.
Fusing a myth into the culture, into conversations about other stuff. Therefore reinforcing the myth as a truism.
Nice assimilation!
I found more than a few things odd in this article. Why was it published now, on the eve of 9/11? Why the prolific mentions of WTC, when the article is ostensibly about fusion? And I couldnt find the actual Dudarev article with the numbers, why the mention of specific number, 911.5, when that isnt actually the eutectic temperature for steel? The use of the 911.5 number in that article is completely gratuitous. They are talking about the eutectic temperature, a kind of phase transition at which one solid (like an alloy) splits into two different solids (like Iron and Carbon). For your run of the mill carbon steel, this happens at 723 c. I found a phase diagram that gives a different phase transition for pure silver at 911.5 celsius. The same publication gives the similar transition for pure iron as 912 celsius. Don't forget the penta-tastic '.5'. Why is this number given so exactly, when they first talk roundly of "softens around 500 C". Then this exact 911.5. 9/11 and Pentagon. Someone was trying real hard to fit 911 into this non-news article. How utterly bizarre. The point here is why use the WTC towers as an example at all? Has steel never been exposed to those (moderately) high temperatures before? Can this stuff not be quite easily tested in a lab? (yes, it can, yes it has.) Also, this paper wasnt available at the page where Duderovs colleagues and others present UKAEAs work. So couldnt check what he actually writes in the research paper. Fusion indeed. Fusing a myth into the culture, into conversations about other stuff. Therefore reinforcing the myth as a truism. Nice assimilation! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutectic_point