<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea" class="u-url mention">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> Somehow that&#39;s worse...</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea" class="u-url mention">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> that&#39;s just the click of a switch. like a normal domestic electrical switch</p>

<p>Nyaan and Nyaang</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@resistor" class="u-url mention">@<span>resistor</span></a></span> there are... reasons</p>

<p>I started writing some body horror about dropping Kirby in your bathtub and it turns out he&#39;s a bath ball and he dissolves while smiling the whole while, but everything I came up with was too horrible to post</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> “… books [posts] that told me everything about the wasp [metallurgy], except why.”</p>

<p>key points:<br />- dry every part of the apparatus that will be heated (crucible, reagents, enclosure) for 4h at 150 degC<br />- use lots of NaCl flux<br />- fill crucible with argon before closing it<br />- feed argon into the enclosure from the bottom</p><p>things to improve:<br />- mix NaCl flux with MgCl2 for improved wettability of the oxide<br />- cover the top of the enclosure to somewhat reduce the amount of escaping Mg vapor (as well as heat) with an alumina dish<br />- heat it for several minutes to ensure complete melting</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> this is very cool. Thank you for sharing.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> resembles a magnesium cephalopod!</p>