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Re:'Alien Alloys' in The New York Times' UFO Story by krapp on Saturday December 23, 2017 @10:41AM (#15994533)
I would think those would just be made of different kinds of atoms but OK.
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Re:'Alien Alloys' in The New York Times' UFO Story by andrewflnr on Saturday December 23, 2017 @12:34PM (#15995185)
An atom is a particular type of arrangement of protons, neutrons, and electrons. If something is not made of protons, neutrons, and electrons in that particular arrangement, it's not made of atoms, by definition.
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