im new to the melting thing, iam wondering can you actualy melt crystals, just like gold, bronze ect?
2006-07-24 04:12:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Some types of crystal can be melted, other will break down into other compounds or forms.
Sand for instance is usually small, worn crystals of mineral but when you melt it with the right flux, it becomes glass. Glass is not a crystal at all, but more closely related to a liquid where the atoms are arranged at random.
Quartz crytals can be turned into quartz glass which has the special property of allowing ultraviolet light to pass through it.
2006-07-24 04:19:25 · answer #1 · answered by aichip_mark2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the crystal stage is sublimation. and yes everything melts eventually. even diamonds melt! there are alloys used in military jets which can operate at previously unheard of tempratures, but, even that material, will eventually succumb to high temps, and either fail as a component, or it'll just deform, so as to be useless.
and there is a difference between melting and smelting. one is done in the open air, the other in a closed "crucible" esp when they have to exclude oxygen from the manufacturing process, or add trace elements.
lets look at stainless steel. its just ordinary mild steel, but they add chromium, and lead. the chromium makes it hard and the lead stops it becoming brittle. (the more lead, the more malleable) teh more chromium, the harder (and more brittle) it is. these are called alloys.
2006-07-24 04:28:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can melt crystals.
and if your next question will be can a person melt the answer is yes. But a person won't melt all at once, each thing in your body has its own boiling point so one part will melt, then as it gets hotter the next, and so on
2006-07-24 04:18:10 · answer #3 · answered by wutsupdog345 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe that a human being can actually melt. But the human body is highly combustible. There have been occurences where people have burst into flames. Spontaneous Human Combustion. This is all I can say.
2006-07-24 16:00:45 · answer #4 · answered by Martincic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. you can melt table salt if you get it hot enough, (1400degrees i think) Somethings don't like to melt (like table salt) but everything can be melted and even vaporized given the right conditions
2006-07-24 04:15:21 · answer #5 · answered by Jake S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. there is a liquid phase for crystals
2006-07-24 04:15:46 · answer #6 · answered by Dr M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk.
2006-07-24 04:15:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋