On Sun, 21 May 2006 20:11:48 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:


"Polymer Man" wrote: (clip) You could call it tungsten inert gas welding,
or "TIG" for short.....
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think you can assume that if that would work, they would already be doing
it. ;-)

This will never work. If tungsten carries enough current to glow
then it must be in a vacuum. You know that if you break a lightbulb
the tungsten filament instantly blows out, right?

Secondly, argon got its name from its electrical behavior. It was
initially known as R-gone because when the gas was admitted into the
region of an electric arc it eliminated the resistance (R) of the arc
and shorted out the machine.