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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Moooses20 • Mar 06 '25
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I think you're forgetting that the reaction isn't perfect. If it was, you'd be right, but it's not happening in a test tube.
44 u/IndependentSubject90 Mar 06 '25 It’s also not 100% aluminum. 25 u/Facts_pls Mar 06 '25 The statement said 200 kg of aluminum produces... Don't think they are saying the satellite is 200kg. I think they are saying the satellite has 200kg of aluminum in it. 1 u/Jakokreativ Mar 07 '25 It for sure is not 200kg of pure aluminium. People just say aluminium to anything that contains it although often it isn’t pure aluminium but some alloy.
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It’s also not 100% aluminum.
25 u/Facts_pls Mar 06 '25 The statement said 200 kg of aluminum produces... Don't think they are saying the satellite is 200kg. I think they are saying the satellite has 200kg of aluminum in it. 1 u/Jakokreativ Mar 07 '25 It for sure is not 200kg of pure aluminium. People just say aluminium to anything that contains it although often it isn’t pure aluminium but some alloy.
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The statement said 200 kg of aluminum produces...
Don't think they are saying the satellite is 200kg.
I think they are saying the satellite has 200kg of aluminum in it.
1 u/Jakokreativ Mar 07 '25 It for sure is not 200kg of pure aluminium. People just say aluminium to anything that contains it although often it isn’t pure aluminium but some alloy.
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It for sure is not 200kg of pure aluminium. People just say aluminium to anything that contains it although often it isn’t pure aluminium but some alloy.
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u/gaybunny69 Mar 06 '25
I think you're forgetting that the reaction isn't perfect. If it was, you'd be right, but it's not happening in a test tube.