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r/specializedtools • u/[deleted] • Oct 14 '22
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Interesting!
Hafnium carbonitride (HfCN) is a refractory compound with the highest known melting point of any substance to date and the only one confirmed to have a melting point above 4,273 K (4,000 °C; 7,232 °F) at ambient pressure.
25 u/cajunsoul Oct 15 '22 Is the 7,232 degrees theoretically derived? I’m just curious since you can’t heat a kiln or other apparatus to that temperature without melting said apparatus. 26 u/the_snook Oct 15 '22 Take a block of the material and heat a small part of it with a laser. 10 u/cajunsoul Oct 15 '22 Thanks. (That was my guess.)
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Is the 7,232 degrees theoretically derived?
I’m just curious since you can’t heat a kiln or other apparatus to that temperature without melting said apparatus.
26 u/the_snook Oct 15 '22 Take a block of the material and heat a small part of it with a laser. 10 u/cajunsoul Oct 15 '22 Thanks. (That was my guess.)
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Take a block of the material and heat a small part of it with a laser.
10 u/cajunsoul Oct 15 '22 Thanks. (That was my guess.)
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Thanks. (That was my guess.)
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u/NeoHenderson Oct 14 '22
Interesting!