New and mysterious Fermion discovered in an exotic Crystal

Jim;

Correct, I did like it. I told you there were fermi's running around. Glad someone found them.

Tom

how about trying some 417w i can still get it for 2.13

Jim:

Zinc Nacional Maximo 910 result: not bad for 3.25 hrs of soak. Slightly overpopulated for my taste: but good crystal development overall. Forgot to measure it, but around 3" roughly. 2280F with 2% lithium. Cerox likes a little more heat than that. I like the pseudo ring between the first and second holds. I get the same thing as it cools from the second hold. Imsil A-25 silica.



Well.. maybe after another 100 attempts, I might get a photo: back to the manual.



Tom

Let me try to wrap my head around this: you intentionally run down a hill, to jump off a cliff. Then rely on woven canvas covering a lightweight tubular frame to keep you aloft. Let me go through my dictionary of terms and see what I can come up.

With that I will pose a question: why does the mineral version of calcium act as a more effective flux than the chemical version? In addition, in mineral form it is considered a metal. Lithium is likewise a metal, but cannot be stored for use except for specific conditions. The chemical version is not considered a mineral or metal: why? Yet, the atomic weight is identical from what I have studied. Under Paulings theory: the denser ( higher) the atomic weight: the more resistant it is to be broken down. Am not able to grasp why the same atomic weight would be assigned to a mineral and a chemical. What I am missing?

Tom

TiO2,

I think it's questions like that that make Jim run down hills to jump off of cliffs.

Not that there's anything wrong with either the question or jumping off of cliffs, of course.

Koz

I noticed from 3:00 to about 3:40 you got comfortable; resting your arms on the bar instead of holding it. I assume your camera gave the horizon the curvature I was seeing. Going to guess you are 1/2- 3/4 mile above the Terra Firma?

Specifics: Why does Fluorspar, a halide mineral comprised of nearly 96% calcium act more vigorously that calcium carbonate (whiting): a chemical? I ran a test a couple of months back: 2% whiting, 2% fluorspar, and 2% lithium at 2230F. The fluorspar and lithium had complete melts with good crystal development: the whiting did not fair very well. Yet both forms of calcium are assigned the same molecular weights: but as stated one is classified a mineral, the other a chemical. The upon further study: I see naturally occurring calcium in some forms defined as a metal. Obviously we use a chemically produced version of lithium; but lithium in reality is a metal that can only be stored under liquids. Point being, the naturally occurring calcium fluorspar had the same fluxing ability as lithium: which I found most interesting.

Koz: cannot help myself. Took my dads transistor radio apart at age 5: got my arse spanked. Took the tubes out of the B&W TV at 7, got my arse spanked. Mixed some of the solvents on dads work bench at 10: and really got my arse spanked over that one: thinking it was the fumes that filled the house. Had this natural curiosity over what makes things work since a kid: still do six decades later. I read the usual literature associated with crystalline glaze and read comments like: "zinc has an affinity for silica." WELL shut my mouth for that fountain of useless information: tell me in specific terms why. If I am still able in 20 more years, I will still be asking why and how it works. Comments like lithium is the best flux just don't do it for me: what are the properties that make it a good flux? I now know why zinc has an affinity for silica: one down and 200 more to go. So Jim has two choices: answer and ignore.

TiO2

Jim:

"Is all Magic" is the sales line I use when I am about to charge someone double for the product. Metallic bonding however works for me.

"Metallic bonding occurs as a result of electromagnetism and describes the electrostatic attractive force that occurs between conduction electrons (in the form of an electron cloud of delocalized electrons) and positively charged metal ions. It may be described as the sharing of free electrons among a lattice of positively charged ions (cations)."

Silica would be the "delocalized electrons" or as Peter Islley wrote: " the lattice must be broken down." Zinc would be the "positively charged metal ion" that attracts the "delocalized electrons" of silica. Much better explanation than: " zinc has an affinity for silica."

Ty.. I figured you had a link to somewhere.

Tom