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Old 12-12-2010, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Don Jose de La Mancha
Afternoon J-Player. What would be it's equivelent in metal? Starting from zero, what would be the progression from the original deposition to the latest?

Don Jose de La Mancha
"I exist to Live, not live to exist".
Metal has no equivalent of organic acids. Metals generally are arranged in lattices, and do not form living cells that reproduce by dividing into two cells.
Nor do metals form acidic substances based on carbon, or substances that coat their surface to protect them from rust and oxidation.

According to the best science available, rust and oxidation is a natural process caused by a chemical reaction between oxygen or other chemical which tends to corrode a metal.
There has never been any metal known to have DNA or other organic acids that produce any anti-oxidizing substance which coats it's surface.

Can you show some examples to the contrary?

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