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m The article for the episode in question also links the Wikipedia entry when discussing this, so I don't see why we shouldn't have it here. Feels like this is quite important context if the reader's unaware. |
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*As the boiling point of zirconium is 7968 °F or 4409 °C, one assumes that it's hazardous to things other than micro-circuitry. | *As the boiling point of zirconium is 7968 °F or 4409 °C, one assumes that it's hazardous to things other than micro-circuitry. | ||
*The zirconium gas being an important hazard in the above ''Robots in Disguise'' episode was originally not present in its initial airing. Originally, the threat of the generator exploding was the real danger (as was the case for the Japanese ''Car Robots'' version of the episode), but after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the episode was pulled from rotation for a redubbing that changed all lines of dialogue that were deemed unsuitable at the time. In the new dub's removing all references to the generator exploding, the circuit-corroding zirconium gas was invented as an acceptable replacement danger. | *The zirconium gas being an important hazard in the above ''Robots in Disguise'' episode was originally not present in its initial airing. Originally, the threat of the generator exploding was the real danger (as was the case for the Japanese ''Car Robots'' version of the episode), but after the {{w|September 11 attacks|9/11 terrorist attacks}}, the episode was pulled from rotation for a redubbing that changed all lines of dialogue that were deemed unsuitable at the time. In the new dub's removing all references to the generator exploding, the circuit-corroding zirconium gas was invented as an acceptable replacement danger. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 17:02, 11 January 2024
Zirconium gas corrodes micro-circuitry. It's utilized somehow in the use of plutonium to generate power.
Fiction
2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon
During a Predacon attack, Optimus Prime warned Side Burn that if the Plutonium Energy Generator was damaged, it would leak dangerous zirconium gas. Despite rough treatment when it was later grabbed by the Predacons, the generator was fortunately not damaged, even after it spent time being gripped in the jaws of a giant robot shark. Spychangers to the Rescue
Beast Wars: Uprising
Notes
- As the boiling point of zirconium is 7968 °F or 4409 °C, one assumes that it's hazardous to things other than micro-circuitry.
- The zirconium gas being an important hazard in the above Robots in Disguise episode was originally not present in its initial airing. Originally, the threat of the generator exploding was the real danger (as was the case for the Japanese Car Robots version of the episode), but after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the episode was pulled from rotation for a redubbing that changed all lines of dialogue that were deemed unsuitable at the time. In the new dub's removing all references to the generator exploding, the circuit-corroding zirconium gas was invented as an acceptable replacement danger.
External links
- Zirconium at Wikipedia
