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[Helmaroc]

I have heard different materials (such as rock, iron and steel) melt after a certain time in contact with magma. Which lasts the longest/is not affected?

[Mel_Vixen]

http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Magma-proof

I think bauxite is the best material for magmasafe buildings, floodgates etc.

[Deon]

And what about adamantine one?

[Helmaroc]

Most people don't make adamantine floodgates I suppose. Thanks!

[Mel_Vixen]

Adamantine should do it too but isnt there any better use for adamantine? Weapons for example.

[Hague]

Heat ruins the mechanisms in floodgates, so bauxite is used to make those mechanisms. However, temperature doesn't currently affect constructed objects.

[Misterstone]

Yeah, you can make walls, floors, bridges, etc. out of any rock, metal or metal (I think) and they will not be burned up by magma.  I am pretty sure that magma will burn up wooden constructions, though.  However, if you make a floodgate with a mechanism attached, the mechanism must be bauxite or adamantine... otherwise the mechanism (which is not a construction, but an item, I guess?) will burn up, and the floodgate will be ruined.