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Look again: it's submerged in water.
Well, I've just done the impossible. :thinking: Sharpie, and a cup made out of paper. A 445nm laser at 1.3A makes a hole small enough so that it leaks slowly.
Like I said, try it yourself if you think it's BS.
It works for the same reason you can weld under water or stick your hand briefly into liquid nitrogen. The steam creates a barrier between the surface and the liquid. I believe it's called the leidenfrost effect.
I saw something in a small amount of some kind of liquid that
crackled but was not aware of what the liquid was.
Thanks for clearing that up.
That is more of what I was asking about. So you were able
to burn a small hole in a water filled paper cup by adding a
3rd element (Black Sharpie Ink)....
Very interesting... I would not have thought it would..
Again thanks for the experiment and clearing that up...:beer:
BTW.... where do you keep reading that I keep saying
something was BS....:thinking:
@benmwv
Yes.... that is exactly what I meant...
Jerry
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