From: Dominic-Luc Webb 
To: James Lerch 
cc: Richard Schwartz , 
Reply-To: Dominic-Luc Webb 



Deal! I can bring or send by mail sometime (we now have a lab in Miami,
BTW)... I need an address...

Dominic



On Tue, 13 May 2003, James Lerch wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dominic-Luc Webb" 
>
> > What do you think of just polishing two pieces of glass against each
> > other and then fusing them with water? Many of us have already had
> > experience with how hard it is to remove a glass grinding tool from
> > the mirror when they are left sitting too long without grinding. Has
> > anyone observed how extremely tight two pieces of well-matched glass
> > bind with a thin layer of water?
> >
> > If one is critical of this method, what would be the best test to
> > convincingly demonstrate that this is superior to a single thin sheet?
>
> How about we stick your 'water' bonded pieces of glass in my Vacuum chamber.
> If the bonding is molecular, the two pieces will stay stuck together.  If
> its only a physical bond do to Air pressure forcing the pits to lock
> together like velcro, then the two pieces should easily seperate in a
> vacuum.   (I've been wanting to test this for a while now anyway :)
>
> Take Care,
> James Lerch
> http://lerch.no-ip.com/atm (My telescope construction,testing, and coating
> site)
>
>
>

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