It has turned out that such an action really occurs. I introduced into an oxyhydrogen flame, placed between the poles of a Ruhmkorff’s electromagnet, a filament of asbestos soaked in common salt.

On ignition, this left a grey spongy mass that fused in the oxyhydrogen flame to a silvery ingot of a new metal which Kern called ‘davyum’ (Da), as he himself says, in honour of the great ...

The combustion of Oxyhydrogen produces water vapor and does not produce CO2 emissions. The gas pressure inside the gas generator can be very low (<7 psi). The brazing operator does not need to wear ...