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[PTTG??]

ADAMANTINE (C₈AH)

Technically speaking, adamantine is a form of impure carbon; however, this impurity is Adamine, an element in the "island" of superheavy stability.

Adamantine exists in a raw form deep within the earth. Raw Adamantine is an immensely strong rock shot through with fine, bluish-silver strands. Processing this stone aloows one to remove the loose strands into a mesh, then form that mesh into the desired state. This is then tempered for a first time, producing an iron-like metallic form that can be sharpened, bent, folded, cut, and so on. This state is also extremely ductile; in fact, it surpasses gold marginally.

The final step is to heat the finished item once again, this time to an extreme temperature; when it cools, it will have hardened to it's final state- a metal almost utterly impervious to damage and a terribly powerful weapon.

It forms a crystal where each atom of A bonds to 16 carbon atoms, forming a spherical shell. These shells overlap, linking separate spheres. These spheres link together in a classical honeycomb-like pattern; and the gaps between the shells are bonded with hydrogen.

The effect of this structure is simple; the material nearly perfectly reflects forces applied to it; armor bounces strikes back; blades transmit nearly no force back to the wielder, practically doubling the force applied to the target. The metal, while extremely resilient, is also non-brittle.

[Jacob/Lee]

I don't think impervious armor matters once a dragon bites your head off.

[Odd!x]

the spinning rebuttal strikes PTTG?? in the head!
it explodes in gore!

[Retro]

the spinning rebuttal strikes PTTG?? in the head!
it explodes in gore!

Oh, gods. The laugh that gave me... sig'd (momentarily).

But this whole force-reflection business reminds me of the fan theories about met armour from the Megaman series.

[Sizik]

I don't think impervious armor matters once a dragon bites your head off.

Unless you're welded shut in a one-piece adamantine armor suit!

[Heliman]

[smjjames]

Nice looking armor, what game is that from?

[Lost Requiem]

It figures as much that there would be a neck guard on the armor, since it is a nasty place to get hit in. Question is, is this already in the game?

[Goran]

Just for fun whats the atomic number of Austro-Hungarium (AH)?

Other than that... what about adamantine power armor?

[dragon0421]

ADAMANTINE (C₈AH)

Raw Adamantine is an immensely strong rock shot through with fine, bluish-silver strands.

It forms a crystal where each atom of A bonds to 16 carbon atoms, forming a spherical shell.

Did you mean Ag? Silver? I'm pretty certain there is no "A" element.

Also, I'm not really sure how the shape is supposed to look. Could you draw a model?

[Akroma]

cough cough, here comes the chemistry student to save the day and give you a lesson on what adamantine actually is.


first, lets not confuse it with the similarly sounding adamantane

adamantane, or properly called tricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decane is the simplext diamondoid, with the sum of C10H16. the adamantane itself is not particularly useful for anything. however it's easy to recognize structure helps chemistry profs all over the world. "See that structure of the phosphorous? just like adamantine"


also do not confuse it with Amantadine

amantadine or properly called 1-amino-adamantane, is more or less the same as adamantane, except that it has a NH2 group on top of it. that stuff was used against the asian influenza btw.


now for the one that you really want to know about, adamantine

adamantine is an actually existing mineral, usualy refered to as adamantine spar. it's just a brown-ish derivate of corondum. corondum, as some might know, is just your usual aluminium oxide, Al2O3, the very same that forms a thin film over aluminium and makes you think that the stuff never rusts


for the kind of geology that DF shows off, adamantine should only occur in small clusters in gneiss, mica and schist. also, it is a common component in beach sand.


I hoped you enjoyed the lesson.

adamantine is neither very hard nor blue nor in strands or anything.


if you want the fictional metal, in most fiction it is either refered to as adamant, or as adamantium.

why toady chose to name his hidden fun stuff after an actual occuring mineral, well, probably didn't know it existed

[ungulateman]

'Adamant' is Latin for diamond - symbolising toughness, beauty, value and strength. Adamantine is the metal version of diamonds, basically. >.>

[mattie2009]

So adamantine armour is basically diamond-metal armour.
AWESOME.

[Akroma]

err, thanks that you read more than the first post

adamantine spar is nothing else than corondum, which is aluminium oxide

no carbon there whatsoever

[Urist McCheeseMaker]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/adamant

–adjective
1.
utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
2.
too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
–noun
3.
any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
4.
a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.

it's commonly used to describe anything extremely tough and resilient. naming a metal after it isn't too silly, even though there already ís a material with that name. and this won't be the first piece of media to use a variation of "adamant" to describe a metal like this.

... granted, it dóes reflect badly on the rest of df's geological realism.