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[-] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 61 points 6 days ago

There is plenty of iron in the iron we use to iron. That was unironically the most pathetic attempt of irony.

[-] ignotum@lemmy.world 29 points 6 days ago

Not of you use a heated tungsten cube for all your ironing

Checkmate atheists

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

🤓 Actually almost all modern clothes irons are made with an aluminium* soleplate now, to minimize corrosion. The soleplate makes up most of the metal content of the iron, and is then coated with a thin layer of non-stick coating like non-stick paint, plastic/polymer, or stainless steel.

https://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Clothes-Iron.html

*I'm Australian.

[-] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 15 points 6 days ago

Stainless steel is just fancy iron, but it is still iron.

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

My computer has some gold in it, but I wouldn't characterize my computer as 'gold'. Same way modern irons have almost no iron in them. 🤷

[-] treesquid@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

It's not just to minimize corrosion, it also heats up more quickly and evenly and cools down more quickly. There's a reason most heatsinks are aluminum, it's an excellent conductor of heat.

[-] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 7 points 6 days ago

There is no iron in my iron, because it doesn't exist.

[-] raspberry_confetti@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

Right? My mom's iron has a steel plate as its base, which is almost solid iron.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

maybe he’s the Irons someone uses to iron their shirts

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