Figure 3.
PI Wire; (a) Sharp blue flame of the jewelry torch (propane and oxygen) passed across the clamped 1cm PI wire (approximately 1 cm away). PI wire insulation is burned off and individual wires are fused together. (b) PI wire “big ball end”. Melted 8 mm of PI wire into a ball using the sharp blue flame of the jewelry torch. (c) Wire melting indicated by bubbles throughout the entire 1 cm PI wire.