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Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric... by mrfusion on Sunday December 01, 2019 @01:17PM (#21676879)
I never understood why the tank needed to be transparent.
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Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric... by carapace on Sunday December 01, 2019 @01:23PM (#21676916)
It didn't need to be, it was transparent because it was glass.

They traded the formula for the glass. The company didn't manufacture transparent aluminum on the spot and give it to them.

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Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric... by StephanTLavavej on Sunday December 01, 2019 @02:21PM (#21677272)
Plexiglass: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Plexicorp
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Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric... by mrfusion on Sunday December 01, 2019 @01:48PM (#21677091)
My question is more, why not I’m just use steel or aluminum?
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Re:Physicists Have Identified a Metal That Conducts Electric... by carapace on Sunday December 01, 2019 @01:52PM (#21677112)
Because then you wouldn't get to see the whales.

It's just a movie. :-)

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