Scott Stevenson wrote:
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Hmmm--I wonder what would happen if you heated a Zlincoln above the
melting point of the zinc, but below the melting point of the copper
coating.

take care,
Scott

the zinc oozes out.

i once melted about 100 post-'82s to make a big blob of zinc that i
brought to my work office. everyone wanted to play with it!

ras