(These are all separate things, by the way.)
I run but I cannot walk; I have a bed but never sleep.
I am found in locks which no key can open
My cousin turns grey things orange, and is despised; but I turn orange things green, and I am left undisturbed.
You can find me in a needle, in a storm, even on a potato.
I am a metal, yet I am composed of non-metal.
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Originally posted by Acolytei think the word you want is "corrosion".
Yep, but like rust the substance has a more specific name.
the green layer on copper, when it looks nice (such as on a dome) is called "patina".
the "metal composed of a non-metal" might be metallic hydrogen. i don't know that for sure though.
Originally posted by BarefootChessPlayerI was looking for 'patina' or 'verdigris'.
i think the word you want is "corrosion".
the green layer on copper, when it looks nice (such as on a dome) is called "patina".
the "metal composed of a non-metal" might be metallic hydrogen. i don't know that for sure though.
Personally I would prefer to see nice shiny orange copper domes, but presumably enough people like verdigris that it's left alone; in fact it probably gets generated artificially if copper domes have to be replaced. I once went to a town where the river was exactly the colour of verdigris, quite an odd effect in conjunction with real verdigris on some of the buildings.
The metal composed of non-metal is a play-on-words.
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i think the first one is a river, the second one is water, as in the locks in dams or something... the third is whatever acolyte said.. hum..was it petina or sometyhing?? I didn't get the fourth one yet... and the last one is heavymetal, as someone else said. hum.. I think I got them all wrong though...