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I believe CDs and DVDs used organic compounds for their data layer, which begins physically rotting and destroying the data later Later disks like M-disc type
by rollingbarreler 6y ago
I believe CDs and DVDs used organic compounds for their data layer, which begins physically rotting and destroying the data later
Later disks like M-disc type DVDs and Blu-ray don't use living components and don't really age
- titzer 6y agoPrinted CDs and DVDs have nothing but plastic and aluminum. If you are referring to CD-R(W) and DVD-R(W), these use phase change materials, the exact composition of which I am not sure. https://volga.eng.yale.edu/teaching-resources/cds-and-dvds/methods-and-materials https://volga.eng.yale.edu/teaching-resources/cds-and-dvds/m... Also remember organic != living. Organic is basically hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen and carbon chains in molecules. They vary greatly in their durability and may or may not be useful to carbon-based life.