This video demonstrates the use of a halogen line heater to focus infrared radiation into a linear pattern, selectively heating a specific area of a tin plate.
Tin, with a melting point of approximately 232°C, melts in the irradiated zone while the non-irradiated areas remain solid despite thermal conduction.
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