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Metal is plastic. (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

In materials science, "plastic" refers to the ability of a material to undergo permanent deformation under stress without breaking. Metals exhibit plasticity when they are subjected to stress beyond their elastic limit, allowing them to be shaped or formed. This property is distinct from the common use of the word "plastic" to describe synthetic polymers.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Geologically, ice is a mineral, aka a rock. If lava is just rock heated past its melting point, water is lava.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Henceforth, when walking on a frozen lake or river, one must declare that the floor is lava!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

And thus when you sip on that ice tea in your hand, you are actually drinking liquid gold

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bicycle

[–] smuuthbrane 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Metal is also elastic.

But that doesn't mean metal is plastic or elastic in terms of material type, just the English sucks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah words have special meanings in special regimes. There are a lot of regimes these days, with so much known about so many specialities. We could spend all day noting use of words that make sense within a particular science or engineering field but would be funny in casual conversation .

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In some places, spaghetti meat sauce is gravy. Badabing!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

ahgabagool!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It's the best version of plastic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Assman 4 points 1 month ago

Shrimps is bugs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Perhaps you meant to say that ices are crystals?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No. In astronomy, everything heavier than hydrogen or helium is referred to as metals. So, a star's metallicity would be including carbon, oxygen etc.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In my country we refer to gravel roads as metalled roads, for no reason I can explain.

[–] ineffable 2 points 1 month ago

https://www.localsearch.com.au/guides/landscape-supplies/what-is-blue-metal

"It's called blue metal since it has a blue colour."

That explains the blue, but not the metal...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

You're getting roasted but I understand your esoterica.