fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 days agowhat’s your best “nitric acid acts upon trousers” moment?mander.xyzimagemessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up1880
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minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 days ago I melted lead and poured sulphur on it, and instead of getting galena I got a whiff of Hell on my face. Was it supposed to form Galena and you messed up the process, or did you think it should but were wrong from the outset?
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·10 days agoAt least in theory it could work, given it’s similar to how people make niello since the antiquity, but I forgot to take into account oxygen — the sulphur caught fire.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-210 days agoTIL. Thanks for the explanation (and your stories)! (Also, thanks for using the em-dash — I feel like too few people use it these days and hate that it has come to be considered an AI indicator.)
Was it supposed to form Galena and you messed up the process, or did you think it should but were wrong from the outset?
At least in theory it could work, given it’s similar to how people make niello since the antiquity, but I forgot to take into account oxygen — the sulphur caught fire.
TIL. Thanks for the explanation (and your stories)!
(Also, thanks for using the em-dash — I feel like too few people use it these days and hate that it has come to be considered an AI indicator.)