Comment on Heavy Metals
Engywuck@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
What’s organic iron?
Doesnt exist. Some metals can form organometallic complexes (with CO, CN, methyl groups), in which case you get for instance “organic mercury” compounds. Iron can also do that, but that’s not what theyre talking about here.
What they mean is “biogenic” iron. The snail precipitates dissolved iron and sulfur in the water to form its shell out of iron sulfide. Its a different physical structure, but chemically similar to iron pyrite (fools gold).
Iron sulfide, pyrite, greigite.
My favorites from this rabbit hole: “imbricating chitinous sclerites” and “conchiolin”.
Wait GregTech has its own iron ores in real life now as well‽
organic iron plates, not plates of organic iron.
the plates are generated by an organic process, not out of organic materials.
you can’t just remove a word from the context and act as if that doesn’t change the meaning.
organic iron plates, not plates of organic iron. the plates are generated by an organic process, not out of organic materials.
Makes sense, thanks
you can’t just remove a word from the context and act as if that doesn’t change the meaning.
Well, I’m not a native english speaker and the title seemed at least misleading.
fair enough!
No problem, man. Languages are bitches!
Hazarding a guess, but I think it’s referring to something like “the biologically mediated reduction of iron”.
I’d have guessed iron+carbon, instead (so, steel).
Lots of carbon = iron
Little bit of carbon = steel
Zero carbon = iron
It’s confusing, I know
Wikipedia says it’s iron sulfide. I’m not sure that’s organic.
Yeah, no.
SandmanXC@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Same as iron but costs 30% more
Engywuck@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
The correct answer here.