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Metal melted out of a car (npr.brightspotcdn.com)

submitted 19 hours ago by kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world

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The shiny puddles look like some low-temp metal melted and oozed out of the car as it burned. I wonder what part(s) melted, and what type of metal it is?

The picture is from a NPR piece about the current Los Angeles wildfires: https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2025/01/09/g-s1-41784/los-angeles-fire-photos

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 21 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I'm guessing it's aluminium. Looks the same as what would be left over after a bonfire with my friends (we'd toss empty beer cans into it).

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Hey those cans have plastic liners so make sure you arent breathing in the smoke

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 13 hours ago

Yep, it melts at something like 660C, so pretty low.