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[Aurora]

Sounds pretty good.

 

[Aeson]

I didn't even know I had some blackberry preserves. I found the jar when I was looking for something else to use.

 

[Heckler]

The trick is to realize that tin cannot rust.

According to Wiki, its "highly resistant to corrosion." Tin can rust, but you're going to need something other than water to do it.

And that, children, is our science lesson for today.

Now, before we leave the topics of rust resistant metals and unplanned pregnancies; what, if anything, does any of this have to do with tin roof ice cream?

 

[hafrogman]

According to Wiki, its "highly resistant to corrosion." Tin can rust, but you're going to need something other than water to do it.

Also according to Wikipedia, "Rust is a general term for iron oxides formed by the reaction of iron with oxygen."

So, Tin (Sn) can be corroded, but it cannot (by definition) form iron (Fe) oxide . . . because it's not iron.



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Hi, my name is John . . . and I'm pedantic.

 

[Aurora]

Tin roof ice cream? Uh, where do you buy that? Fertility ice cream? I certainly don't want any of that s***.

 

[Aurora]

Heckler- I saw the inexpensive wine thread when he first started the thread, and almost said Boone's Farm, but decided to wait and see how long it would take for someone else to say it.

 

[Aeson]

Tin roof ice cream? Uh, where do you buy that? Fertility ice cream? I certainly don't want any of that s***.

Tin Roof Sundae Ice Cream

 

[Heckler]

Also according to Wikipedia, "Rust is a general term for iron oxides formed by the reaction of iron with oxygen."

So, Tin (Sn) can be corroded, but it cannot (by definition) form iron (Fe) oxide . . . because it's not iron.



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Hi, my name is John . . . and I'm pedantic.

According to Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rust):

rust..2. any film or coating on metal caused by oxidation.

rust..2. Any of various metallic coatings, especially oxides, formed by corrosion.

rust...verb
1. become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" [syn: corrode]
2. cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" [syn: corrode]
3. become coated with oxide

While "rust" generally refers to iron oxide, it can properly refer to any form of corrosion or oxidation.

So, yes, tin can rust.

Hello, my name is Nathan, and I'm pedanticer.

 

[Heckler]

Tin roof ice cream? Uh, where do you buy that? Fertility ice cream? I certainly don't want any of that s***.

Its the same thing as the Fudge Nut Sundae down at the local UDF. I was just wondering about the name.

 

[Heckler]

Heckler- I saw the inexpensive wine thread when he first started the thread, and almost said Boone's Farm, but decided to wait and see how long it would take for someone else to say it.

I wasn't a beer drinker when I first went to college, so the only things I'd drink were Boone's and Root Beer Schnapps.