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ubermeisters t1_jc0i1mw wrote

Reply to comment by Dixiehusker in A bismuth crystal I would like to share by BismutNL

pretty neat right? It's grain structure orientation related

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lacheur42 t1_jchklha wrote

Interesting! Source?

I was under the impression it was just thin film interference from varied thickness of the oxidation layers, depending on how quickly it cooled...

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ubermeisters t1_jchnh4q wrote

The source is physics and properties of materials 101, I'm not about to spend my time digging up old textbooks to cite you a reference, sorry, no disrespect intended.

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lacheur42 t1_jchrdrq wrote

>The source is physics and properties of materials 101

Lol, ok bud

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ubermeisters t1_jchx41u wrote

I'm sorry you were looking for an argument and didn't find one

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