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Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band?

Posted by Soulskill on from the how-about-a-glow-in-the-dark-uranium-ring? dept.

mbutala writes "I am getting close to popping the question, and I've been racking my brain for an idea for a cool and unique wedding band. I've been thinking of contacting a company that can (possibly) fabricate a ring from pure Iridium (Ir) or a nearly pure alloy. It is the most corrosion-resistant metal known — it cannot be dissolved in aqua regia like gold or platinum. Iridium is extremely rare on Earth, and the high concentration of it at the K-T boundary in the Earth's crust is what suggests a meteor took out the dinosaurs. I am positive that the symbolism of the permanence of Iridium, the reminder that we are star-stuff, and the fact that the ring would be one-of-a-kind would really strike a chord with my girlfriend. It's a really geeky idea, so I thought I would run it past you all — what do you think? Any other ideas?"

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  1. More Geeky uses for Iridium by bughunter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Radiation Shielding -- Better than lead for shielding of electronic components from space radiation, though considerably more expensive. At a previous job where I built detectors for satellite remote sensing instruments, one design included some rather hefty Iridium vaults to protect back-illuminated CCDs from excessive particle radiation and total dose effects.

    Antimatter -- Iridium targets are bombarded with insanely high-energy Protons to create antiprotons. Actually, a whole menagerie of exotic particles are created, but antiprotons are picked off using a high-T magnetic field and diverted into a collecting cyclotron beam. All in a hard vacuum, of course.

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  2. YOU FAIL IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the c4annel to sign

  3. Once you're married... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?

    Nothing! You already told her twice.

  4. just don't get married to another faggot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    faggots are dirty people who deserve to die as they are a drain on society. fucking faggots are weak and diseased. they need to go.

  5. Oh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wish I had seen the full article title before clicking on the RSS link. In a choice between News For Nerds, Stuff That Matters, and Your Personal Blog, you had to pick the shitty one. Well done. Enjoy your 'symbolism.'

  6. Re:Or you could make it yourself. by easyTree · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    mod parent up (insightful)

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