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Wait, it's not called Rython?
by low_tech_love 5y ago
Wait, it's not called Rython?
- INTPenis 5y agoCopperhead would make more sense, since it's a metal that rusts.
- ZiiS 5y agoBy definition only iron rusts, but that name is gone.
- UnpossibleJim 5y agoPyrite then?
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoScale
- orra 5y agoMmm, to rust can have a specific meaning, especially in chemistry, of iron oxidization. Nonetheless, there is also a more general meaning of corrosion of other metals. (It's entirely normal for words to have both specific and general meanings.)
- thebigspacefuck 5y agoCopper doesn’t rust as it doesn’t contain any Iron.
- INTPenis 5y agoOh right, I was thinking of the green patina bronze got. Copper gets that too after many years in oxygen.
- WithinReason 5y agoI too am disappointed by the unimaginative naming.