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Originally Posted by maris
Starlite at 10 000 Celcius? I don't think so! All known elements are ionized gases at that temperature, plasmas in other words, whose bonding electrons are stripped away and neither solids or liquids can form. Remember, tungsten is the most refractory element and it turns to gas below 6 000 Celcius.
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Quite so
However, it is also an issue of how long the material is exposed to this temperature.
If the thermal transient lasts, for example, only 1us or less (produced by powerful laser pulse, for example), the energy density absorbed may be quite low and the chances are only a thin layer of material will be stripped off. But then again, many materials are capable of enduring this kind of stress once or twice (for example, tiles used on Space Shuttle ... how many M$ was the cost of developing this I wonder..... and how long it took, how many people were involved, directly or indirectly... ??).
Having said that, whole this thing with "Starlite" is 100% dodgy.
