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Old 03-14-2006, 03:16 PM   #6
Elspode
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Originally Posted by Promenea
What fascinated me in the original article is that the temps were higher than they calculated possible with the amount of matter within the test chamber. One guy said something to the effect that there must have been more matter than they could account for. If so, where'd it come from? Anyone missing some socks or small animals?
Oxygen? Nitrogen? Trace gases?

You'd think that they'd have accounted for that, though. Maybe they're vaporizing more of the supporting structure than they think.
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