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10 months agoI think the fact that it’s very chemically stable is likely a factor as well so it can be stored for effectively an infinite amount of time & it won’t degrade/react, it’ll still be gold.
I think the fact that it’s very chemically stable is likely a factor as well so it can be stored for effectively an infinite amount of time & it won’t degrade/react, it’ll still be gold.
It is wizardry right enough - electricity goes in, magic occurs,l and machine goes ping
It’s definitely not as exciting as it sounds. It applies a large current through some graphite rods which causes the carbon to evaporate & deposit on a sample sat underneath. It’s used to coat electrically insulating samples with a conductive layer of carbon for electron microscopy.
We have a carbon evaporator that runs linux
I use this on a daily basis on Android, works pretty well & is available through Fdroid:
I use Aard 2 with Freedict & Wiktionary dictionaries which works pretty well for me: https://github.com/itkach/aard2-android
Available on F-droid