In reply to Axil Axil's message of Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:10:37 -0400: Hi, [snip] >Why is a HHO flame able to vaporize tungsten and yet will not burn the skin >of your hand.
Tungsten does not vaporize. It doesn't even melt. Instead, it oxidizes in the flame, and the oxide sublimates. I have seen this first hand. When a piece of copper metal (e.g. copper pipe) is placed in the flame, the copper melts and a droplet of molten copper will hang from the end. With a tungsten rod, there is no droplet. Note in the video that there no droplets of molten tungsten fall onto the plate below. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
