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Gauge blocks stick together quite forcibly in a dirty machine shop, never mind outer space.

And how often have my glassware stuck together after I stacked them up?



Those are both examples of vacuum suction, not welding.


I don't think either of those is an example of vacuum suction. Gauge blocks are thought to work in a small part by vacuum, but mainly by other means. Glassware sticks together because of thermal expansion/contraction, combined with being quite smooth and very hard and inflexible.




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