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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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{{w|Materials science}} is essentially the study of materials, like {{w|steel}}, including some pretty strange ones such as {{w|Vantablack}} and {{w|triiodide}}. Here Ponytail and White Hat have given Cueball (a materials scientist) some sort of present. Cueball is amazed with the wrapping paper and tape itself, trying to make out what they are all made of. The caption reveals that the cardboard box is empty and the wrapping paper ''is'' the present; as a materials scientist, Cueball is more enamored by the (strange and exotic) wrapping paper, far more than he would be by any actual present inside. | {{w|Materials science}} is essentially the study of materials, like {{w|steel}}, including some pretty strange ones such as {{w|Vantablack}} and {{w|triiodide}}. Here Ponytail and White Hat have given Cueball (a materials scientist) some sort of present. Cueball is amazed with the wrapping paper and tape itself, trying to make out what they are all made of. The caption reveals that the cardboard box is empty and the wrapping paper ''is'' the present; as a materials scientist, Cueball is more enamored by the (strange and exotic) wrapping paper, far more than he would be by any actual present inside. | ||
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{{w|Structural coloration}} is a phenomenon where the coloration of an animal or plant is not produced via pigments but via structural interactions with visible light at the scale of a wavelength (e.g. diffraction gratings, thin-film interference). More generally, it can also be used to refer to artificial materials that have a similar effect. | {{w|Structural coloration}} is a phenomenon where the coloration of an animal or plant is not produced via pigments but via structural interactions with visible light at the scale of a wavelength (e.g. diffraction gratings, thin-film interference). More generally, it can also be used to refer to artificial materials that have a similar effect. | ||
− | The title text states that if a materials scientist gives you a gift, you should ask if regifting it requires any form of federal paperwork. This is because the materials scientist may have access to items which are dangerous and strictly regulated, such as {{w|polonium}} (an extremely radioactive element), {{w|fluoroantimonic acid}} (the strongest acid discovered), {{w|nitrogen triiodide}} (one of the most sensitive explosives in the world), and {{w|n-butyllithium}} (an extremely flammable, pyrophoric, and caustic compound) | + | The title text states that if a materials scientist gives you a gift, you should ask if regifting it requires any form of federal paperwork. This is because the materials scientist may have access to items which are dangerous and strictly regulated, such as {{w|polonium}} (an extremely radioactive element), {{w|fluoroantimonic acid}} (the strongest acid discovered), {{w|nitrogen triiodide}} (one of the most sensitive explosives in the world), and {{w|n-butyllithium}} (an extremely flammable, pyrophoric, and caustic compound). |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | * The [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/4/49/20231122150210%21materials_scientists_2x.png original version] of the comic mispelled aramid as "amarid". Upon correcting the mistake, the comic image was replaced with an oversized version for a | + | * The [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/4/49/20231122150210%21materials_scientists_2x.png original version] of the comic mispelled aramid as "amarid". Upon correcting the mistake, the comic image was replaced with an oversized version for a few days. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |