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BLOCK OF THE MONTH: Weathered Copper
本月方块：锈蚀的铜块
Don’t wait, oxidate!
不要等待，氧化！
When we added copper to Minecraft, back in the first part of the Caves & Cliffs Update in June 2021, we gave it some solid testing before we put it out into the world – and we noticed something strange. Our beautiful, shiny, orange copper blocks were slowly going green and dull over time.
当我们在2021年6月《洞穴与山崖更新》的第一部分将铜添加到《我的世界》中时，我们在把它加入世界前将它测试了下，我们注意到了一些奇怪的事情——随着时间的推移，我们美丽、闪亮、橙色的铜块慢慢变绿、黯淡无光。
We double- and triple-checked the code, trying to hunt down this weird bug, with no luck. But then one day we noticed that the weird green color of our copper perfectly matched the color of the roof of the famous Riddarholm Church, in our beloved hometown of Stockholm.
我们反复检查了代码，尝试找出这个奇怪的错误，但都没有成功。但有一天，我们注意到，我们所热爱的家乡斯德哥尔摩，大名鼎鼎的骑士岛教堂，屋顶颜色与我们的铜的奇怪绿色完美匹配。
So we took an official tour of the church, and asked the tour guide why the roof is that color. “Det är oxidation av koppar, era tokar!” they said, which means something like “It’s oxidation of copper, you nincomp… lovely people!”. So now we know, and now you do too. Let’s make this weird green substance our block of the month, shall we?
所以我们正式参观了教堂，并问导游为什么屋顶是那种颜色。“Detär oxidation av koppar，era tokar！”他们说，意思是“这是铜氧化了，你们这些鲨臂…小可爱！”。所以现在我们知道了，你们也知道了。让我们把这种奇怪的绿色物质作为我们本月的焦点，可以吧？
To get weathered copper you’re going to need some copper and some time. Cram nine copper ingots into a crafting grid, and you’ll get a fresh, shiny, orange copper block. Then put it on the ground and leave it there for a while.
要得到锈蚀的铜，你需要一些铜和一些时间。将九块铜锭放入工作台中，你会得到一个新鲜、闪亮的橙色铜块。然后把它置在地上，搁在那里一段时间。
You’ll notice the same slow transition that we did – with little patches of corrosion getting larger and larger until the whole thing is a beautiful shade of green. Specifically, there are four stages in this process – “normal”, “exposed”, “weathered”, and “oxidized”.
你会注意到我们所做的同样缓慢的变化——被腐蚀的小块变得越来越大，直到整个东西变成美丽的绿色。具体来说，这一过程分为四个阶段——包括正常、斑驳、锈蚀与氧化。
To make it nice and shiny again, you’ll need to do a bit of maintenance. Scrape an axe across it, and you’ll expose some of the original orange color. Keep going and it’ll eventually be good as new again. Lightning can also do the same thing, though rather less predictably.
为了让它再次变得漂亮和闪亮，你需要对它做一些维护。用斧头划它，你会发现它露出一些原有的橙色。坚持下去，它最终会像崭新的一样。闪电也可以起同样的效果，尽管不太能预测。
So what’s actually going on here at a scientific level? Well, it’s a bit like how iron in the real world gets rusty over time. The pure copper reacts with substances found in the air to produce a green (and poisonous! Don’t lick it!) coating called verdigris.
那么，在科学层面上，实际发生了什么？嗯，这有点像现实世界中的铁是如何随着时间的推移而生锈的。纯铜与空气中的物质反应，产生一种绿色（有毒！不要舔它！）涂层，称为铜绿。
That coating is usually just a fraction of a millimeter thick but it’s extremely durable – protecting the copper beneath from further weathering. This durability is why copper is highly popular as a material to build roofs with. You’ll see green copper architecture in many parts of the world – perhaps most famously on New York’s Statue of Liberty.
这种涂层通常只有几毫米厚，但它非常耐用，可以保护下面的铜免受进一步的腐蚀。这样的耐久性就是为什么铜作为建造屋顶的材料非常受欢迎的原因。你会在世界许多地方看到绿铜建筑——也许最著名的是纽约的自由女神像。
In the real world, this process can take a long time. In polluted industrial areas, it can take about 15 to 20 years. In rural areas, it can take 30 to 40 years. In arid places with very little moisture in the air, it may not happen at all.
在现实世界中，这个过程可能需要很长时间。在受污染的工业区，这可能需要大约15到20年的时间。在农村地区，这可能需要30到40年的时间。在空气中水分很少的干旱地区，这种情况可能根本不会发生。
In Minecraft, you won’t need to wait that long but it’s still not fast. A few in-game weeks should do the trick. But don’t rush it! Sit back, and enjoy the slow, beautiful process of chemistry in action.
在《我的世界》中，你不需要等那么久，但它仍然不快。过几个游戏周就可以了。但不要着急！坐下来，享受缓慢而美丽的化学反应过程！
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