| ▲ | matsemann 3 hours ago | |||||||
Have we solved the yellowing? I guess many of us have memories of old and ugly yellow computers. | ||||||||
| ▲ | biosboiii 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
TIL: Generally all plastics exposed to UV start to photodegrade. If you google why old computers turn particularly yellow most sources point to bromine-based flame retardant agents in the plastic, but some people make a convincing case[1] that ABS just naturally turns yellow in UV light. Not much real research into that topic, interestingly. [1] https://medium.com/@pueojit/a-look-into-the-yellowing-and-de... | ||||||||
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