#ZINC

[arc-hus]

Moose Road House, Ukiah, United States - Mork-Ulnes Architects

[elementcattos]

Heard you like xkcd

OMG REAL OMGOMG

Megan & Cueball better be careful... and Beret Guy better WATCH OUT

and Black Hat is just being Black Hat

[g63heavenonearth]

Allegheny Cemetery 62415-37

[mindblowingscience]

Genes responsible for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can spread from microbe to microbe through circular genetic material called plasmids, and this lateral transfer occurs in the gut. In Applied and Environmental Microbiology, researchers in Iowa report that the transmission of some AMR plasmids may be inhibited by a readily available source—dietary zinc supplements. "This is the first time where we've discovered that zinc inhibits the process of plasmid transfer, and at lower concentrations it has minimal effect on bacteria," said microbiologist and senior author on the study Melha Mellata, Ph.D., at Iowa State University.

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[osmiumcattos]

We wanted to start a band

With Lithium(Li)

Platinum(Pt)

Zinc(Zn)

Copper(Cu)

And me

But we don't know how to call ourselves

We thought about Nirvanya but Li didn't like how we plagiarise her favorite group

(not canon, unless elementcattos says otherwise)

[jeanfrancoisrey]

Mini forêt…

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Vinegar vapor method could make UV sensors 128,000 times more responsive

Researchers at Macquarie University have developed a new way to produce ultraviolet (UV) light sensors, which could lead to more efficient and flexible wearable devices. The study, published in the journal Small in July, shows how acetic acid vapor—essentially vinegar fumes—can rapidly improve the performance of zinc oxide nanoparticle-based sensors without using high-temperatures for processing. Co-author Professor Shujuan Huang, from the School of Engineering at Macquarie University, says, "We found by briefly exposing the sensor to vinegar vapor, adjoining particles of zinc oxide on the sensor's surface would merge together, forming a bridge that could conduct energy." Joining zinc oxide nanoparticles together is a critical part of building tiny sensors, as it creates channels for electrons to flow through.

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[newts-and-sharks]

Doodle dump of the last few weeks

[neon-emojiz]

Nickel

copper

zinc

gallium

Germanium

arsenic

selenium

bromine

krypton

[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

Monday Musings: Copper Alloys

Alloys are typically a man-made mixture of metals and/or metals and metalloids or nonmetals. Alloys are often stronger, harder, more durable and more resistant to corrosion than the metals that make it up are on their own. They may even have a lower melting point which makes it easier to mold.

Copper has two major alloys: bronze and brass.

Bronze was discovered (possibly by accident) in the 4th millenium BC. The earliest alloys were copper-arsenic which, as you can imagine, is probably not a great thing to be making tools and tiles out of. While not dangerous as the alloy, the smelting process does give off dangerous arsenic fumes.

Today, bronze is about 88% copper and 12% tin but it can contain a small amount of aluminum, manganese, silicon, arsenic, phosphorus, or zinc.

Bronze has a reddish-brown metallic color. It is harder than copper and iron but can be brittle under extreme force.

Because it lacks iron it is resistant to corrosion by water and it is a great conductor because it contains so much copper. Bronze has a melting point of 950 degrees Celsius compared to the 1,085 degree melting point of copper (however tin only has a melting point of 231.9 degrees Celsius).

Bronze also has low friction.

Brass is an alloy of generally 66% copper and 34% zinc though it can also have small amounts aluminum, lead, silicon, arsenic, phosphorus, or manganese. It has a sort of golden metallic color.

Like bronze, brass has a high melting point of about 900-940 degrees Celsius (zinc is about 419 degrees Celsius).

Brass is more malleable than bronze or zinc allowing it to be shaped into more things. It is also resistant to corrosion, has low friction, and is a good conductor, but it is stiffer than copper making it more susceptible to stress-fracturing.

Fun fact, brass as some antibacterial properties.

Hope you had fun learning a little bit about copper alloys today. Tune in tomorrow for a little trivia! Fossilize you later!

[fromthedust]

Thierry Martenon (French, b.1967)

n°221114 - Frêne (Ash) - 1500 x 1500 mm

Erable et Ardoise (Maple and slate)

n°041205 - Erable et Zinc (Maple and zinc) - 550 x 340 x 100 mm

Frêne (Ash) - 1800 mm diameter

n°090806 - Erable (Maple) - 360 x 230 x 110 mm

n°101209 - Erable (Maple) - 360 x 220 x 150 mm

n°081216 - Epicéa (Spruce) - 2250 x 2250 x 80 mm

n°150614 - Frêne (Ash) - 2880 x 1520 mm

n°171217 - Epicéa (Spruce) - 1140 x 330 x 150 mm

n°170717, n°180717, n°190717, n°200717 - Noyer et laque (Walnut and lacquer) 280 x 345 x 90 mm, 240 x 310 x 90 mm, 540 x 310 x 90 mm, 360 x 250 x 90 mm

n°190717 - Noyer et laque (Walnut and lacquer) - 540 x 310 x 90 mm

n°200705 - Erable et Ardoise (Maple and slate) - 700 x 400 x 100 mm

n°220916 - Erable (Maple) - 1760 x 700 x 140 mm 1300 x 640 x 140 mm

Noyer et Ardoise (Walnut and slate)

Noyer et Acrylic (Walnut and acrylic)

Noyer et Ardoise (Walnut and slate)

en atelier (in workshop) - râpes et marteaux (rasps & hammers)

Thierry Martenon - travailler avec une râpe (working with rasp)

www.thierrymartenon.com

[arc-hus]

House on Woodwarde Road, London - Proctor & Shaw

[elementcattos]

found out while talking about this blog in a discord server that 2 other people in said server have made designs for cattos so i drew us together (+ some others around the edges bc the scene felt empty) cobalt, zinc, and strontium

YIPPEEEE

Zinc though?? I think I designed him based on a suggestion but alright lol

[g63heavenonearth]

Allegheny Cemetery 11-6-14-10

[sapa1383]

Try it, motherfucker, I want a pipipi where can I get it?

[chownkiies]

Gang

(there's more characters but these are the group that I focus more on ;-;) I want to draw Nickels group of friends back on Prion gwaa