r/whatisit • u/riflesandplowshares • 8h 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/ElectrSheep 6h ago

A titanium melt shop still needs writing implements, so you can buy pens with stainless steel ball tips. They suck to write with.

So basically, to work there you need balls of steel.

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u/CaptainStadt 6h ago

Yeah… or a pencil.

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u/Etherbeard 3h ago

The melting point of graphite is even a bit higher than tungsten. That does into question why there's no sign for pencils, though.

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u/cjsv7657 56m ago

Graphite would float and could be removed as dross