<p>Is this true? And if so, why?
<a href="http://www.snapple.com/real-facts/cap-view/1003" rel="nofollow">http://www.snapple.com/real-facts/cap-view/1003</a></p>

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2015-09-15T17:38:48.217Z
Basically, sorta, Yes. There's a nice discussion of the phenomena over at the Space Exploration stack: How is the unwanted cold welding prevented in space? http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/4169/how-is-the-unwanted-cold-welding-prevented-in-space
Wayfaring Stranger
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2015-09-15T18:43:38.753Z
Thanks for the link! I would upvote your comment if I could but I don't have the reputation yet lol @WayfaringStranger
Jonathan Scialpi
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2015-09-16T11:41:05.517Z
This question is better suited for the Space Exploration sister site, but if it was moved there, it would be marked as a duplicate of the question linked by Wayfaring Stranger ASAP.
David Hammen
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2015-09-22T16:21:47.747Z
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's not astronomy (as discussed above)
Rory Alsop
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If two pieces of the same type of metal touch in outer space, they will bond together permanently?
Jonathan Scialpi
# If two pieces of the same type of metal touch in outer space, they will bond together permanently?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-09-15)

Is this true? And if so, why?
<http://www.snapple.com/real-facts/cap-view/1003>

**Tags:** space, metal

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Basically, sorta, Yes. There's a nice discussion of the phenomena over at the Space Exploration stack: How is the unwanted cold welding prevented in space? http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/4169/how-is-the-unwanted-cold-welding-prevented-in-space  
> **username_0**: Thanks for the link! I would upvote your comment if I could but I don't have the reputation yet lol @WayfaringStranger  
> **username_2**: This question is better suited for the Space Exploration sister site, but if it was moved there, it would be marked as a duplicate of the question linked by username_1 ASAP.  
> **username_3**: I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's not astronomy (as discussed above)  

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