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Wordplay Wednesday: Metal

Today we are going to talk about the word metal. Now, this may seem silly, if I say the word metal, I bet a few come to mind: gold,

silver,

iron,

but what makes something a metal?

 A metal is a solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity. Metals can be chemical elements like the ones I mentioned earlier, alloys like brass

or steel

or a molecular compound like silver nitrate.

Most metals have a shiny, metallic luster when polished or fractured and most are opaque. Metals tend to be more dense than nonmetals but that density varies widely between different types.

There are several groups of metals. Alkali metals are highly reactive metals with low melting points and are so soft they can be cut with a knife. These includes Lithium, sodium and potassium.

Alkaline earth metals are a little less reactive, harder and have a higher melting point than alkali metals. Due to their reactivity, they seldom appear in their pure form. Metals in this group include calcium, barium and magnesium.

Transition metals are what we traditionally think of as metals. They are hard, strong, shiny and easy to shape. This group includes gold, iron, and platinum.

Post-transition metals are fairly soft with low boiling points. This group includes aluminum, tin and bismuth.

Finally, we have noble metals. This group is pure and nonreactive so they don’t form compounds. This makes them perfect for jewelry and coins. This group includes copper, silver and rhodium. (You'll notice those are all transition metals).

Tune in tomorrow to learn about a chemist who made a huge difference in being able to categorize metals and their neighbors. Fossilize you later!

Insect Glaive is my favorite fucking weapon in Monster Hunter. Just beating dragons to death with a stick and this cool bug I found.

Plus I get to make cool helicopter sounds with my mouth and it isn't even weird.

my beautiful boys

*places a ball of yarn gently on top of the laundry basket*

Okay now if I don't bring the laundry upstairs my cats will die

(cat tax)

(yes all of my hobbies include stuff that my cats will hapily eat)

Out of all the moral lessons in kid's books, cartoons, etc., I didn't think the whole "you have to fight for what you care about" would carry over into adulthood.

Bro that's like the realest thing! Like I'm not punching anyone over it but every day I fight everyone's least favorite miniboss "Coming Home and Immediately Sleeping 3 Hours" because I may want to doodle something sometime

Literal definition of spyware:

Also From Microsoft’s own FAQ: "Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers. 🤡

Beeg Pheonix

So I've finished it! It's been done for a while now, but... I need some constructive criticism. It also doesn't stand up very well, which I'm wondering would be a bad selling point if I made the pattern.

I think he's cute though, and I don't have the heart to undo all that work lol.

the baby. I must crochet it. but how

I'm proud to say that I'm an adult who rents a house where I put this shelf and took this picture last week