Talk:3115: Unsolved Physics Problems

I didn't notice that the linked paper on zink whiskers was from NASA at first, but it was immediately apparent that an American wrote it... The style is super American. "Oh, no! People who chose to read this paper won't get it unless I write really big and EMPHASISE words." It's a very "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" style of naming margarine, so to say. Kapten-N (talk) 07:23, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

The linked pdf is not a scientific paper, but a slide presentation. I think especially for safety-related presentations it is not uncommon to go a bit over the top with "be aware that this seemingly harmless effect can have serious consequences" -- especially if the risk is seemingly low, but the possible damage is really high. --134.102.219.31 08:25, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

@Kapten-N, your Ameriphobia is duly noted. 76.216.164.118 14:20, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

It seems that there is a typo on the second panel about the Gallium anomaly. According to Wikipedia "The resulting production of 71Ge was calculated in 2005 to be 79% of expected", not 75%. Should this be mentioned? Rps (talk) 12:12, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Unremoved background on the middle title: The middle title has unerased lettering with a slightly different style. 92.40.191.220 (talk) 08:41, 15 July 2025 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

You know, Hair Metal is a thing. Just sayin'. 92.184.140.165 12:39, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

If metal inexorably produces hair and unwanted behaviour, which I believe it does, could you explain to me why rock doesn't? 2001:1C00:31C:0:90DD:6826:AA7C:C80F 19:57, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Because it absolutely refuses to be in any way vulnerable to scissors! 92.23.2.228 22:55, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

If you look closely where it says ‘precise’, it looks like Randall traced it! Broseph (talk) 12:44, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

The zinc whiskers are similar to joke in 3112: Geology Murder where the

dagger-shaped object precipitated within the wound

KingPenguin (talk) 02:19, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

A rare case where gallium is the somewhat normal behaving metal. RegularSizedGuy (talk) 13:00, 16 July 2025 (UTC)