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Originally Posted by passthru
If it only needs to be heated slightly, why do they have to use magnesium ribbon? I thought it was used because just using ordinary flame (match, lighter) was not hot enough to ignite it.
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I would guess that the decision was based on a magnesium ribbon being waterproof.
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Originally Posted by passthru
Does anybody know the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
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http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/
This guy looks like he knows!