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I thought plasma turned planets into glass.
Do nukes also create glass? Is that why people say nukes can glass?

>> No.11241689

>>11241683
melting silcon dioxide (sand) makes glass when it hardens. can a nuke melt sand? you could have used your brain

>> No.11241692

>>11241689
But only the middle east has glass.

>> No.11241697

>>11241692
I mean sand.
Sorry I guess all that college chemistry didn't actually teach me anything. I was just memorizing pathways.

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>>11241697
>>11241692
>only the middle east has sand

>> No.11241704

>>11241702
So you mean nuking places other than a beach creates glass too?

>> No.11241712

>>11241704
There is SiO2 fucking everywhere. Not just on beaches. Not just in what you think of as a powdery sandy desert. Even then, there is sand fucking everywhere. What even is this thread.

>> No.11241718

>>11241712
Yes but not much.
Can you create sand by nuking places like eastern europe that filled with slushy mud and soil?
That's not really sand.

>> No.11241722

>>11241683
Absolutely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0I7YP8Ci4o

Cool eh?

>> No.11241725

>>11241702
No! Only the middle east HAS GLASS

>> No.11242490

>>11241718
I don't even know if this is bait

>> No.11242534

>>11241704
The majority of earth is made out of silicon and oxygen.

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>>11241718
Nah we have some sand too

>> No.11242633

>>11241702
God fgsfds is something I haven't seen forever

>> No.11242987

>>11242633
The GET?

>> No.11242999

>>11241683
>>11241692
The two dumbest posts I've seen all week and I browse /v/.

>> No.11243060

>>11241683
>people say nukes can glass
Is that some kind of proverb there?
This fucking thread

>> No.11243130

>>11242999
Shut il dude

>> No.11243279

>>11241683
Trinitite is a real thing that they collect from old niclear test sites, and it is glass in the sense that it is an amorphous solid but it is not transparent.

>> No.11243306

>>11241718
You ever play minecraft? Every once in a while there is sand patch or maybe even full on desert. Same irl.

>> No.11243688

>>11243306
Yes but not irl

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>only the middle east has sand
>I thought plasma turned planets into glass
>nukes can glass?
>do nukes create glass?

>> No.11243743

>>11241683
Thanks anon you f***ing WEEB.

>> No.11243754

>>11241718
We need to nuke eastern europe to find out.

>> No.11244020

>>11243740
What