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minus-squareLOGIC💣@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·5 months agoIsn’t it just that color because it’s hot? Like, if you cooled those off to room temperature, wouldn’t they be metallic gray?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·5 months agoCooling down means it’s breaking down and no longer plutonium.
minus-squareornery_chemist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agojust take a cheese grater to it to make smaller pieces smh
minus-squareIhaveCrabs111@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoThat’s why they have it in a frying pan
minus-squareLOGIC💣@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-25 months agoI’m talking about thermally cooling it down. If you put it in a freezer it will cool down, but the nuclear process will not change speed.
minus-squarezr0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoGood luck with cooling down unmoderated plutonium.
Isn’t it just that color because it’s hot? Like, if you cooled those off to room temperature, wouldn’t they be metallic gray?
Cooling down means it’s breaking down and no longer plutonium.
just take a cheese grater to it to make smaller pieces smh
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That’s why they have it in a frying pan
I’m talking about thermally cooling it down. If you put it in a freezer it will cool down, but the nuclear process will not change speed.
Good luck with cooling down unmoderated plutonium.