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Query:

Re: Can metal get so hot, that it will evaporate?

Date: Fri Dec 29 16:50:26 2006
Posted By: Jonathon Speed, Undergraduate, Chemistry, Southampton University
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1163734093.Ch
Message:

Put simply, yes, metals can get so hot that they will evaporate. Of course,
it takes a very large amount of heat. The melting point of copper is
roughly 1100°C, but its boiling point is just under 3000°C! The boiling
point of iron is also very high, at about 2681°C.

There is one metal, called Mercury, which is a liquid at room temperature,
and boils into a gas at only 356°C.

Hope that answers your question.




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