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[Mason11987]

I'm curious if there is some way to use pressure to drive magma to the surface, using something like this:

(Side View)



I could definitely try this but I'm sure someone else already has.  But I thought perhaps pressure could be involved here?

If not magma would this work with water?

Thanks.

[darius]

Nope, neither water or magma works like that...

Pumps do pressurise water AND magma but only to the z-level of pump exit.

[Kanddak]

No. Don't think about fluids and pressure like they were in any way but name related to real-life fluids and pressure. Read the hydrodynamics education thread.

[Xzalander]

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Pressure#Water_in_a_U-Bend

You can pressurise water so it can flow up to a certain height but no higher than the original output height of the pump.