At 09:18 AM 7/21/01 +1200, Jinx wrote: > > Hi Jinx, actually I meant using an electric > > current to vaporise the copper wire. > >Yeah, I was just putting the idea of using a flame to bed > > > From my > > personal experience, often when a component fails > > at high currents it vaporises the copper and makes > >I've had that once or twice when a triac loses the will to >live. I believe telescope mirrors are silvered by electrically >evaporating the metal in a vacuum > Instead of all these electrodeposition shenanigans, why not just use an electroplating "pen" to plate copper on the surface? ================================================================ Robert A. LaBudde, PhD, PAS, Dpl. ACAFS e-mail: ral@lcfltd.com Least Cost Formulations, Ltd. URL: http://lcfltd.com/ 824 Timberlake Drive Tel: 757-467-0954 Virginia Beach, VA 23464-3239 Fax: 757-467-2947 "Vere scire est per causas scire" ================================================================ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads