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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #161835 on: February 04, 2023, 06:03:50 am »

That's not true - there's compounds such as asbestos that won't burn no matter how much oxygen you pump in.

Add sufficient quantities of flourine on the other hand, it is a different story.
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« Reply #161836 on: February 04, 2023, 07:15:55 am »

On the topic of asbestos and boats..
Brasil just sank an old aircraft carrier filled with waste like asbestos, paint, heavy metals and other toxic materials into the ocean, despite not only environmentalis activists, but even the Brasilian Public Prosecution service and the Brasilian Environmental Service Ibama speaking out against it.

The Brasilian navy claims there were no other options viable to get rid of the ship.

Brasil bought the 266m long vessel from France (which had been using it for 37 years) in 2000, for 12 million dollars.
A Turkish company bought the ship in 2021, to scrap it.
However, when it entered the Mediterranean waters, Turkey revoked it's permission.
When it then returned to Brasil, it wasn't allowed into any port, because of the huge environmental risks.
At that point, the Brasilian navy became responsible for the vessel.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #161837 on: February 04, 2023, 07:23:07 am »

Legos are also surprisingly non-flammable, don't ask.
add enough oxygen to something and the fire will go from "mmm yes this is not fuel" to "mmmmm yummy incendiary concrete my favourite"
I don't think regular concrete would burn much even in pure oxygen atmosphere. Concrete is made by mixing a bunch of oxides, so it has nothing to burn into.
Oxides will not burn in pure oxygen.

Similarly fluorides will not burn in pure fluorine (though oxides will).
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #161838 on: February 04, 2023, 06:05:18 pm »

Pretty sure I had my first ever diaphragm spasm. Laying down, breathed in and had a momentary intense pain in my upper stomach area.
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« Reply #161839 on: February 05, 2023, 02:14:44 am »

That's not true - there's compounds such as asbestos that won't burn no matter how much oxygen you pump in.
My god this asbestos stuff sounds like a miracle product, we should make everything out of it!


Also why can't we get it in Dwarf Fortress and make clothing out of it?
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« Reply #161840 on: February 05, 2023, 06:31:25 am »

That's not true - there's compounds such as asbestos that won't burn no matter how much oxygen you pump in.
My god this asbestos stuff sounds like a miracle product, we should make everything out of it!
One of my friends once managed to find a newspaper cutting advertising asbestos cigarrette filters

Also why can't we get it in Dwarf Fortress and make clothing out of it?
Idk, maybe one day we'll be able to make asbestos fibres and turn cinnabar into barrels of mercury

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« Reply #161841 on: February 05, 2023, 06:51:02 am »

That's not true - there's compounds such as asbestos that won't burn no matter how much oxygen you pump in.
My god this asbestos stuff sounds like a miracle product, we should make everything out of it!


Also why can't we get it in Dwarf Fortress and make clothing out of it?

Do you want asbestos underwear? It would protect from any dragon that is no larger than an elephant.

That being said, I think that Cotton Candy is already similar enough to asbestos.
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« Reply #161842 on: February 05, 2023, 07:02:54 am »

Do you want asbestos underwear? It would protect from any dragon that is no larger than an elephant.

That being said, I think that Cotton Candy is already similar enough to asbestos.
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« Reply #161843 on: February 05, 2023, 08:40:48 am »

Fun fact: In the classic movie The Wizard of Oz, the scene where the Good Witch saves the group from a poppy field by making it snow, the snow effect was actually powdered asbestos. Also, the actor who played the Scarecrow stuffed his costume with asbestos due to the scene where the Wicked Witch threatens him with fire.
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« Reply #161844 on: February 05, 2023, 01:41:50 pm »

Gas masks used to have asbestos filters.


Then again... I dont know the particulars, but its worth noting  that if they had nothing better at the time, maybe the risk of future cancer was still lesser than the risk of immediate mustard gas.
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« Reply #161845 on: February 05, 2023, 01:48:56 pm »

I mean, the Romans knew that lead wasn't 'safe' to make pipes out of, but it was a very economical choice for them.

Asbestos was a miracle compound, it just happened to have a few extra effects.
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« Reply #161846 on: February 05, 2023, 02:36:13 pm »

You know, it sucks that lead had so many useful properties, like being very resistant to rusting and erosion, so much so that people would rather just get fucking lead-poisoned rather than put in the work to replace non-lead pipes every now and again.
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« Reply #161847 on: February 05, 2023, 02:49:52 pm »

Under the right water conditions lead pipes are fine. Once a layer of scale forms (which is pretty fast depending on your water) there's little risk of lead poisoning unless you put something in that dissolves the scale and exposes raw lead/lead oxide.

For a pre-industrial society it's basically perfect. Not suited to the modern day, when pipes aren't just always running fresh water from a mountain spring or whatever, but they worked fine for their time when in the right places.
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« Reply #161848 on: February 05, 2023, 05:24:00 pm »

You know, it sucks that lead had so many useful properties, like being very resistant to rusting and erosion, so much so that people would rather just get fucking lead-poisoned rather than put in the work to replace non-lead pipes every now and again.

Same with mercury. Will dissolve plenty of other metals like zinc, gold, which is useful for extraction or metal catalysis. Mercury (II) oxide is itself a useful catalyst.

I mean, the Romans knew that lead wasn't 'safe' to make pipes out of, but it was a very economical choice for them.

Asbestos was a miracle compound, it just happened to have a few extra effects.

But how do you explain the putting lead in wine to make it sweeter?

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« Reply #161849 on: February 05, 2023, 07:22:36 pm »

We put all kinds of fun things into our drinks to make them more appealing.  Like cocaine into coke.
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