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The Pieces Slide Around....
a: Graphite ~
b: a loaf of sliced bread
What: Think of a loaf of bread, sliced into layers. The individual pieces of bread are like the sheets of graphite...it is far easier to push one slice sideways relative to the others than to rip a slice.
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Writer: David Zukertort Rudel
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Date: Jul 30 2013 5:17 PM
# 3495 Critique Analogy
Layer On Top Of Smooth Layer
a: Graphite ~
b: sheets of carbon atoms
What: "Hence graphite is like sheets of carbon atoms that are stacked one over the other; carbon atoms in diamonds form a pyramid-like structure. The flat sheets of the graphite can absorb lights of different wavelengths and hence are opaque and black. The pyramid-like structure found in diamonds lack this ability and is transparent and sparkling."
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Writer: Sonia Nair
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Date: Aug 26 2013 6:34 PM
# 3621 Critique Analogy
A Cushy Allow It Is
a: Graphite ~
b: a pillow
What: "In Ductile iron the graphite is like a pillow and acts as "crack-arresters" to give ductility and toughness superior to all other cast irons. Benefits of ductile iron are:"
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Aug 26 2013 6:35 PM
# 3622 Critique Analogy
Musings On Graphite Art
a: Graphite ~
b: looking into a pond
What: "Graphite is like looking into a pond: you see the glassy surface, and at the same moment, you see through the water into the depths of the pool. In some ways, the physical material of graphite recedes and takes us all into it."
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Writer: Susan York
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Date: Aug 26 2013 6:41 PM
# 3623 Critique Analogy
But Do They Tast Good?
a: Graphite ~
b: a stack of pancakes
What: "It is one of those seemingly simple
questions that kids come up with: "How
does a pencil work?" A scientifically
knowledgeable parent will dutifully explain that the grey stuff inside the pencil is called graphite, that graphite is like a stack of pancakes with each pancake being a layer of
carbon atoms, and that when the pencil is moved across a piece of paper, the pancakes peel off to leave marks on the paper. But parents know that such an answer will only provoke more questions such as: "can you see
one of the pancakes?"--> See the link....
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Writer: Jeroen van den Brink
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Date: Aug 26 2013 6:48 PM
# 3624 Critique Analogy
a: Graphite ~
b: a very slippery dust
What: "Another good alternative that I often use instead of oil or WD-40 is graphite shavings. You can buy it in a tube at your hardware store. Graphite is like a very slippery dust and therefore will not become gunky like oil or WD-40."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Aug 26 2013 6:49 PM
# 3625 Critique Analogy
A Soft Rock It Is
a: Graphite ~
b: mica
What: "graphite is like mica, the mineral -- you can chip it easily. There isn't a lot of bonding crosstalk between the layers."
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Writer: Evangeline
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Date: Aug 26 2013 6:52 PM
# 3626 Critique Analogy
Some Greasy Molecules
a: Graphite ~
b: a slip and slide
What: Both things have 2 surfaces that move against each other with very little friction. The slip and slide is a long skinny piece of plastic that gets coated with water. The plastic plus water plus human body make for a very slippery surface. The planar molecules of graphite move past each other, at the molecular level, because the molecules are essentially flat and have broad flat surfaces that slide past each other.
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Writer: Lucretia
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Date: Aug 28 2013 4:38 PM
# 3627 Critique Analogy
Where Are My Memories?
a: Graphite ~
b: memory, always fleeting, never permanent
What: "My early lathe work with pencils originates from an interest in memory. My mother had recently died and she had suffered significant memory loss during her illness. Her illness made me question, where do our thoughts go? Working in my sketchbook, I realized that graphite was a good visual metaphor for the way our brain works. The smear of graphite is like memory, always fleeting, never permanent."
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Writer: Robert Lyon
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Date: Aug 26 2013 6:55 PM
# 3629 Critique Analogy
A Cosmology Of Colors
a: Graphite ~
b: little bubbles
What: "Graphite on the other hand is about as close you can get to solid space. This is why its adsorption surface area is so great. Graphite is like little bubbles, the surface of which is the expanded version of carbon with a nebulous core."
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Writer: Walter Russell
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Date: Aug 26 2013 7:00 PM
# 3630 Critique Analogy
The One, The Only,
a: Graphite ~
b: pure material
What: "I also find them on the streets, so I like to recycle them, to reclaim them. They're cheap, and I use them for work anyway," he said. "I started with chalk, but it has bubbles in it and sand grains in it. Graphite is like a pure material; it's pretty homogeneous. I've never found anything in it to compromise my pieces. You know there's nothing in it that's going to get in your way."
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Writer: Dalton Ghetti
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Aug 26 2013 7:07 PM
# 3631 Critique Analogy
a: graphite molecular structure ~
b: deck of cards
What:
This is why graphite is such a good lubricant. At the molecular level, the molecules are planar(playing card like). The flatness produces a molecular structure that allows the graphite molecules to slide across each other with minimal input of energy. If you pick up a deck of cards, the whole deck with slide, because their shape allows each individual card to slide against its neighbor with little friction.
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Writer: Not Stated
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 25 2014 3:25 PM
# 5523 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.