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LITH melting point

  • phox     17th Jul 2021 Member 0 Permalink

    why does lithium melt at 440F when most of it's reactions are at that temperature?

    The melting point in source even says 

    HighTemperature = 453.65f; 

    yet as you can see here it melts at almost 12 degrees less than that:

     

    Edited 5 times by phox. Last: 17th Jul 2021
  • LBPHacker     17th Jul 2021 Developer 0 Permalink
    HighTemperature is in kelvin.
  • EnganK     17th Jul 2021 Member 0 Permalink

    And f does not mean degrees Fahrenheit, but the data format (float, for short - fractions).

  • phox     17th Jul 2021 Member 0 Permalink

    I guess I'm a little dyslexic lol

  • jacob1     17th Jul 2021 Developer 1 Permalink
    The GLAS reaction was fixed in 96.1, so that the reaction happens while melting too. In 96.0, you have to keep it at this ultra precise temperature for 24 frames without letting it melt, but in 96.1 it will turn into molten GLAS while melting.

    There's still some places 440K is required at, but those reactions aren't as interesting or useful.
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