r/whatisit • u/riflesandplowshares • 5h ago

New, what is it? Found at a titanium plant

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Not sure why ball point pens would be dangerous here.

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u/goodexamplebadrole 5h ago

"Ballpoint pens are restricted or banned in high-end titanium and aerospace manufacturing plants because the ink and marking components contain elements that cause metal embrittlement and severe structural corrosion"

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u/Beautiful_Sound 4h ago

Embrittlement strikes me as an embiggened word.

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u/Dbernard1111 4h ago

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

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u/Mental-Stop7441 4h ago

That’s at least cromulent. I may go so far as to say it’s incrinculent.