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Low-Background Steel
- bloat 5y agoI came across this because I read an article about people looting old shipwrecks for the steel. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/oct/24/as-metal-pirates-loot-seabed-treasures-there-are-fears-australias-first-submarine-could-be-next https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/oct/24/as-me...
- jet_32951 5y agoIt isn't only steel [0]. Old, low-background lead is necessary for some instruments. [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/10/search-dark-matter-depends-ancient-shipwrecks/600718/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/10/search-d...
- Threeve303 5y agoRead about this a few years ago... Makes you wonder what other kinds of effects this has on organic things.