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Given that we discover new elements[1] from time to time, it's not impossible that we'd discover a new alloy. However, something about this story is fishy and i
by mncolinlee 9y ago
Given that we discover new elements[1] from time to time, it's not impossible that we'd discover a new alloy. However, something about this story is fishy and is likely being blown out of proportion.
It's a common trope that there exists a "God of the gaps" where we fill in our lack of understanding with God, ghosts, or aliens. If a door slams in your house, it's seen as a ghost, rather than pressure equalizing between rooms. This feels like an case where we attach our uncertainty to an explanation before we have enough data to form a viable hypothesis.
[1] https://www.lenntech.com/periodic-chart-elements/discovery-year.htm https://www.lenntech.com/periodic-chart-elements/discovery-y...
- geon 9y ago> Given that we discover new elements[1] from time to time, it's not impossible that we'd discover a new alloy. It should still be relatively simple to identify each of the elements in it by it's atomic number. Our periodic table is complete to the 7:th row, and any unknown (un-named) element with a higher atomic number would be very likely to have a very short half life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table