In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:11:40 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] >One would suspect that a denser metal like Osmium >would work better, but perhaps there is something >intrinsic to gold when coherent radiation is involved? [snip]
Gold is one of those elements that only has one naturally occurring isotope. Perhaps this results in "pure" oscillations of the atoms, because they all have exactly the same mass and hence resonant frequency (for sound). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
