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Article #425Re: Osmium?
From: beede
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1987 00:19
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1987 00:19
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in article <336@gtx.com>, al@gtx.com (0732) says:
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> [...]osmium (smell them?) and melt them down. But seriously, what property
> of osmium would make it a choice for a ball-point pen tip?
The answer is obvious--since osmium is so dense, when dropped, the pen
tends to land point first, damaging it so that another pen must be
purchased. This sort of reasoning drives many manufacturing decisions :-)
--
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!gatech!hubcap!beede From: beede@hubcap.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: Osmium? Message-ID: <197@hubcap.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 20:19:37 EDT Article-I.D.: hubcap.197 Posted: Tue Jun 16 20:19:37 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jun-87 03:43:32 EDT References: <336@gtx.com> Distribution: na Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC Lines: 13