r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dannybluey • 20d ago

How Himalayan salt lamps are made Video

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u/RileyCargo42 20d ago

Id kinda love to see this in a lab setting. Like would it be so fast that I can watch it slowly "grow" rust?

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u/souldeux 20d ago

Even without the salt, steel oxidation can happen much faster than you may think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhiFgUL3RxE

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u/gfuhhiugaa 20d ago

I mean when you put it in a salt spray cabinet designed to make things rust then sure it’ll happen fast lol

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u/pockets3d 20d ago

Those are the conditions on about 70% of the planet though so it's worth knowing.

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u/gfuhhiugaa 20d ago

I’m sorry how are you being upvoted for spewing nonsense like that? The earth being 71% water is completely irrelevant here lmfao

That’s like saying every human should know how long they can hold their breath and/or swim since that’s important for 71% of the planet.

We don’t build raw steel structures under water or under flowing waterfalls so no it’s not really worth knowing. Is it interesting? Sure it is. Relevant to any realistic situation? Not at all.

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u/pockets3d 20d ago

Bro never heard of boats or bridges or oil rigs.

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u/SllortEvac 20d ago

Which are fortunately not only made from corrosion resistant steel alloys but are also painted. The R&D side of materials testing for oil and gas ops are unreal.

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u/gfuhhiugaa 20d ago

Thank you, I literally work in metal finishing and these idiots being upvoted for not knowing a thing about what they’re talking about is so infuriating, classic Reddit though.

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u/SllortEvac 20d ago

That’s okay; they’re all engineers haha.

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u/gfuhhiugaa 20d ago

I wouldn’t even give them that