Re:Diffractive Chocolate
by brcmthrowaway on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @07:48PM
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Diffraction gratings are amazing. Is it possible to make one with a 3d printer?
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Re:Diffractive Chocolate
by getoffmycase on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @09:49PM
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You can order them super cheap and in bulk from a variety of retailers. Ranging from simple toy things to rolls of it
Re:Diffractive Chocolate
by brcmthrowaway on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @09:56PM
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Link me?
Re:Diffractive Chocolate
by colechristensen on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @10:59PM
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The feature size is pretty small for diffraction gratings. There are printer beds that will do the same to the bottom of your print as is done with this chocolate. None of the hobbyist models could get even close. The feature size is somewhere between 1 and 10 micrometers which is a couple of orders of magnitude finer detail than most 3d printers.
They are normally manufactured with other methods, but here’s a paper about printing them https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/IMECE/proceedings-abs...
So it’s possible, I’m sure they aren’t the only ones to try it.