xia@lemmy.sdf.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoMetal is plastic.message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down19
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minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·20 days agoNo. In astronomy, everything heavier than hydrogen or helium is referred to as metals. So, a star’s metallicity would be including carbon, oxygen etc.
minus-squarespittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·20 days agoIn my country we refer to gravel roads as metalled roads, for no reason I can explain.
minus-squareineffable@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agohttps://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…
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.
In my country we refer to gravel roads as metalled roads, for no reason I can explain.
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…