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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Um if it's glowing orange hot, how does it maintain integrity?

*Found the pic looking through YouTube https://youtu.be/jxyydqL2NpE 1.5 hrs will add to watchlist

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

The trick is to outrun disaster.

So far, so good.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Red hot != soft/melting

Afaik the glowing color just comes from the temperature, so you just need a material that stays solid at that temperature.

The opposite explanation is, lots of stuff melts before it gets red hot. Lead for example.

So glowing has nothing directly to do with metal getting soft, its just that iron/steel is used for most things we see, so we associate that temperature point with "melting".