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[-] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago

Isn't it just that color because it's hot? Like, if you cooled those off to room temperature, wouldn't they be metallic gray?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Cooling down means it's breaking down and no longer plutonium.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm talking about thermally cooling it down. If you put it in a freezer it will cool down, but the nuclear process will not change speed.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Good luck with cooling down unmoderated plutonium.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

liquid nitrogen will do

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