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Re: NEON- Suck-ins Revisited
In a message dated 96-08-23 05:59:57 EDT, you write:
> Do you watch television (g.>? Actually, it is not that the beam is so
>focused.
>> The contact point is rather broad but the higher density is toward the
>middle
>> and that is the point where the heat is the most concentrated. Don't
forget
>> that the outside areas have a cooling effect from conductance but the
>inside
>> of that area will not be able to dissipate the heat and will then melt
>first.
>> With glass it is time and temperature, and to that we can add dispersion.
>>
Not to mention that the glass on the outside of a doubleback is highly
stretched and thin having little mass and easily heated to softening.
Jeff