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minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoAluminium doesn’t glow, even when molten though?
minus-squarei_love_FFT@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoThat simply means it must melt below 600°C. A quick wiki check says it melts at 660. I guess if you’re in a really dark room, you could see the glow.
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoReal bodies are gray, not black.
minus-squareBurgerBaron@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoEventually will glow human eye visible if you keep heating it past useful temperatures. 1000’C+ starts getting red hot. Doesn’t emit light as readily as iron does, especially with iron’s oxide layer building up when heated.
Aluminium doesn’t glow, even when molten though?
That simply means it must melt below 600°C.
A quick wiki check says it melts at 660. I guess if you’re in a really dark room, you could see the glow.
Real bodies are gray, not black.
All bodies matter.
Eventually will glow human eye visible if you keep heating it past useful temperatures. 1000’C+ starts getting red hot.
Doesn’t emit light as readily as iron does, especially with iron’s oxide layer building up when heated.