Don_Dickle to Today I [email protected]English • 10 months agoTIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.www.kidney.orgexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1510cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1510external-linkTIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.www.kidney.orgDon_Dickle to Today I [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square85fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareChrislinkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months agoAt high temperatures I believe iron will start to oxidize and “burn up”, will lead not do something similar?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoI would suspect cremation temperatures could be high enough for lead boil off actually.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•10 months agoMade me look since I melt and pour lead doodads for fun. Boiling point of lead: 1749C (Iron for comparison 2862C.) Cremation (top of the range I found): 871
At high temperatures I believe iron will start to oxidize and “burn up”, will lead not do something similar?
I would suspect cremation temperatures could be high enough for lead boil off actually.
Made me look since I melt and pour lead doodads for fun.
Boiling point of lead: 1749C (Iron for comparison 2862C.)
Cremation (top of the range I found): 871