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[zilpin]

Or, The Long Tailings of Slag and Asbestos
(for the Rocky & Bullwinkle fans out there)

#SLAG
The topic of SLAG comes up occasionally, but hasn't become a common in mods.  Even in Masterwork it isn't a "first class citizen".
Yet the entire purpose of FLUX is to leach out impurities as... SLAG.
What properties of a SLAG material would make it acceptable as a common mod material?

#ASBESTOS
We have stones that yield asbestos, and the game has strand extraction built-in.  Yet implementing asbestos in mods is rare.
The wiki even mentions it.  This is easy and useful.
We should put [THREAD_METAL:ASBESTOS:100] on HORNBLENDE and SERPENTINE.
The question is, what properties of ASBESTOS would make it acceptable as a common mod material?


So, there you go, how would SLAG and ASBESTOS be acceptable to you?
Let's make a community standard for both.

[Seriyu]

Asbestos is resilient to fire, heat, electricity, which I admit is pretty unique for a cloth material.

Slag is primarily used to make concrete these days, though I guess it could be used as a byproduct of the smelting industry to make low value glass, as it is apparently a glassy material.

[zilpin]

From wikipedia article on slag (emphasis added):

Ancient uses

During the Bronze Age of the Mediterranean there were a vast number of differential metallurgical processes in use. A slag by-product of such workings was a colorful, glassy, vitreous material found on the surfaces of slag from ancient copper foundries. It was primarily blue or green and was formerly chipped away and melted down to make glassware products and jewelry. It was also ground into powder to add to glazes for use in ceramics. Some of the earliest such uses for the by-products of slag have been found in ancient Egypt.

Historically, the re-smelting of iron ore slag was common practice, as improved smelting techniques permitted greater iron yields—in some cases exceeding that which was originally achieved. During the early 20th century, iron ore slag was also ground to a powder and used to make agate glass, also known as slag glass.

[scamtank]

Back around where I live, this 1800s forge village threw its slag among the stones and gravel used to pack down roads. You can still find fist-sized chunks of the stuff lying around.