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Re: I agree

I did not say you could make a monolithic crystal by annealing. I said you could reduce the number of grain boundaries up to a point. The three common metalurgical processes are annealing, quenching, and work hardening. Nobody creates crystals by annealing or in a zone furnace intended for purification. Crystals have te be grown literally atoms at a time. I said the crystal puller at one lab I worked at was a 2 million dollar machine....20 years ago...not counting the cost of installing it....or operating it. It was 2 stories high and was only for growing small laser crystals, not huge ingots. BTW, when it was decomissioned, I asked the scientist to run me off a few diamonds just for old time sake. He refused. Well I hope this ends this discussion. It's been pointless AFAIAC


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