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mkr-hn on April 22, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Lasers to replace spark plugs in gasoline engines

Depends on whether or not the soot is transparent on the part of the spectrum the laser operates at.

ars on April 22, 2011 [–]

Soot is one of the blackest materials known. It absorbs light in a very wide range.

T_S_ on April 22, 2011 | [–]

I had an eye operation using a YAG laser. Whatever is not transparent gets heated up and destroyed fast. The blacker the better.

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