PKal wrote:
> In a message dated 97-12-23 13:24:32 EST, hapkejs@cig.mot.com writes:
>
> << You could try to burn them. If they burn brightly, and melt a hole in your
> driveway, then they are magnesium. If they just melt then they are aluminum.
> You will need to get them really hot, so try a Oxy/Acetylene torch.... >>
>
> Doesn't aluminum burn very hot also? Didn't the USS Stark get hit by an
> Exocet missile (another British export - LBM - Little British Missile) and
I think you will find the exocet is a french product.
> have its aluminum superstructure set on fire. Damage control had a lot of
> trouble putting the fire out since it was burning so hot.
>
> I could be wrong about the details but I guess the lesson to take away is not
> to get hit by a missile if you make your ductwork out of aluminum :-)
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