Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days 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-up1502arrow-down13
arrow-up1499arrow-down1external-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@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareChocrates@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·25 days agoAt high temperatures I believe iron will start to oxidize and “burn up”, will lead not do something similar?
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·25 days agoI would suspect cremation temperatures could be high enough for lead boil off actually.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·25 days 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