#phosphated

[netmassimo]

An article published in the journal "Meteoritics & Planetary Science" reports the results of the preliminary analysis of the samples of material from asteroid Bennu brought back to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe. A team of researchers conducted morphological and chemical analyzes of the samples, finding a lot of carbon and nitrogen together with organic compounds, all very important components for life forms of the Earth's type.

[mindblowingscience]

When we set off on a car ride, we might not think about the chances of an accident, or any other risks – including the potentially dangerous materials that researchers have found in 99 percent of cabins tested in vehicles manufactured in the US since 2015. These materials are fitted to meet flame retardant safety standards, but according to the US and Canadian team behind the new study, their inclusion may be causing more harm than good. They're now asking for a rethink on the inclusion of these substances. "Our research found that interior materials release harmful chemicals into the cabin air of our cars," says environmental scientist Rebecca Hoehn from Duke University. "Considering the average driver spends about an hour in the car every day, this is a significant public health issue."

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[famousinuniverse]

Limestone pinnacles, Phosphate Mining, Nauru: Phosphate has been mined on Nauru since 1907. For decades it was Nauru's main resource and sole export, dominating the island's economy, and its quality was the highest in the world. The phosphate industry and government services together provided almost all of the island's salaried employment.

[quixoticanarchy]

visiting my parents rn and i cannot stop talking about chemical weapons and my mother was like 'wow you seem to know a lot you should do something with that' by which she means 'get a job' but i would prefer to interpret it as being encouraged by my own parents to make mustard gas

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Scientists offer strong carbon plastics for aviation

Employees of the Institute of Chemistry of Kazan Federal University and the Kazan National Research Technical University have produced especially strong carbon plastics based on phosphate binders that can withstand temperatures of more than 500 degrees Celsius. The findings are published in the journal Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. "Composite materials are used very widely today: almost everything is made of them, starting from hockey sticks and ending with airplanes. The vast majority of composites are created using organic polymer binders, which have many positive features, but have two significant drawbacks: they are flammable and work up to temperatures of 300–450 degrees Celsius maximum. "At the same time, the use of composites, for example, in aviation or astronautics, and in many 'earthly' areas, requires non-combustible materials capable of withstanding high (over 500 degrees Celsius) temperatures. We have solved this difficult problem by using inorganic binders," says Rustem Amirov, Chair of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Lead Research Associate of the Laboratory of Polymer Smart Materials and Nanocomposites of the Institute of Chemistry.

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[garblegarden]

I need to grow some monoammonium phosphate crystals

[sitting-on-me-bum]

These cabbage-like nickel phosphate particles have been synthesised by a solvothermal process. Not suitable for Chiko Roll filler.

Photograph: Valentino Kaneti/AIBN

2023 Australian Institute For Bioengineering And Nanotechnology Image Contest

[tff-praefectus]

Fossil fish plate

[he-who-needs-to-be-silenced]

Drew this

The scale is a little weird but do this by myself at night

You ever fall in love with a prehistoric animal not because of other reconstructions but because of your own?

can we go back to Simurghia yet

Discount Pteranodont (jk love you tethydraco)

The child predator

and Jerry

[kismetmoon]

something something something flatlanders don’t kiss with their mouths because they’ve got too much going on (sharp teeth, retracted eye, etc.) so instead close their eye and press them against each other as a sign of their utmost trust when they’re vulnerable.

[Plain text ID: a digital drawing done in a lineless style of two original, stylised Flatland characters; Atlas and his daughter Stella.

Atlas is a light grey isosceles triangle with a central eye, dark grey limbs, chips in his top and bottom corner, two scars on his left side and one across his eye. He also has a long, dark grey tail with a banner-shaped tip. Stella is a more humanoid character with a large eye for a head, black stick limbs and a thin black tail with a heart-shaped tip. She is wearing a lacy white gown.

Atlas is standing and his eye is closed in a content expression. He is holding Stella to his left with both arms and they are pressing their closed eyes together. Stella is sitting in Atlas’s arms and smiling. She is touching Atlas with her hands; one is laid on his surface and the other is wrapped around his arm that is supporting her body.

The behind them is a yellow crescent moon with a navy earth shadow directly behind Atlas and Stella. The rest of the background is beige.

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[postcard-from-the-past]

Phosphate factory in Youssoufia, Morocco

Moroccan vintage postcard

[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

STOP pumping this crap into your child's developing brain!

Learn More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/podcast/podcast-everything-you-need-to-know-about-fluoride-microplastics-atrazine-and-forever-chemicals

[scribblingface]

did you guys know that in canada anyone can lay a mining claim to any land and the land owner is obliged to let them do an exploratory dig there. literally a mining company can just show up and start digging up your yard and then say they want a mine there.

[gio-goose]

I don't get how the fuck GAP turns into glucose AND EVERYTHING I FIND GETS MORE CONFUSING

(yes, this is about photosynthesis)

[timetravellersguide]

Health Alert:

This is a health warning for Time Agents visiting soda fountains and apothecaries between 1868-1930! Be extremely cautious!

While citric acid is a safe food additive in some eras, from the Reconstruction era through the Great Depression it contains dangerous quantities of LEAD.

In this era, citric acid is made in containers sealed with lead soldering, which would probably be fine if the acid itself wasn’t made from concentrated lemon juice.

Now I know…the urge to hop to 1890’s and enjoy a tart lemon soda at a Victorian era chemist’s counter is overwhelming. But!! There are safer, sanity-saving alternatives.

Instead of taking chances with citric acid, consider a sparkling phosphate soda! Delicious, tangy and completely free of toxic metals. You’ll be saying, “Yum!” instead of dying prematurely of kidney damage and nervous system derangement.

Phosphate sodas are this era’s safe sipping choice! Now, don’t be afraid of the chemically sounding name, this is nearly the same harmless phosphoric acid found in modern Coca Cola, balsamic vinegar and pickles! It will not erode your bones!

Try a tasty hot or cold phosphate soda in all the popular flavors of the era:

- Lemon

- Cherry

- Chocolate

- Angostura

- Egg

Thank you, and be safe!

V/r,

Agent Kay

[materialsscienceandengineering]

A Large Optical-Diode Effect at Telecom Frequencies

At low temperatures, crystals of lithium nickel phosphate transmit short-wavelength infrared light much more strongly in one direction than in the other. [...] A crystal can serve as an optical diode—that is, a turnstile for light—if it transmits light only in one direction. Several materials work as optical diodes for visible light, but finding one that works for the near infrared (IR) wavelengths used in telecommunications has proved challenging. Now Kenta Kimura of Osaka Metropolitan University and Tsuyoshi Kimura of the University of Tokyo demonstrate a strong near-IR optical-diode effect (ODE) for lithium nickel phosphate (LiNiPO4) [1]. The observed ODE is reversable, which Kimura and Kimura say opens a pathway to achieving nonvolatile switchable one-way transparency.

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