New Alloy: Cardinal

[JustTooFabulous]

Always thought a red metal would be pretty cool, so I thought I'd make one here's some details as to how its made and what its like.
Weight: 6.76 grams per cubic centimeter (A bit lighter than iron)
Colour: Blood red
Hardness: Just about noticeably stronger than Steel
Components: To make a kilogram of Cardinal, one needs to heat 750 grams of iron ore (haematite) with 200 grams of quartz and 50 grams of redstone. This mixture will need to be raised 1600 degrees Celsius. This can then be moulded into an ingot, ready for shaping.
Extra Notes: Because of the high Iron content, Cardinal is magnetic. (This probably wont mean anything in Altera, but its there) And, because of the redstone present, it provides a weak redstone current.

 

[Anithola]

Hmm... this is a pretty cool concept :3

 

[Spark]

Perhaps some kind of skill level is needed to make it? So it is hard to make or something. Otherwise it sounds cool.

 

[JustTooFabulous]

Perhaps some kind of skill level is needed to make it? So it is hard to make or something. Otherwise it sounds cool.

Righto, I'll think of that now

 

[Menel]

wait...isn't quartz a very britle mineral used for glass, porcelain and stuff like that? =0 or is netherquartz some kind of metal? *confused*

maybe use gold instead of the quartz? it adds to the red color and sounds a bit more sturdy =)

 

[blargtheawesome]

... Don't gems explode when heated to a high enough temperature? Or is that only emeralds?

 

[Jak]

Diamonds burn.

 

[blargtheawesome]

... I know some kind of gem explodes when hot enough. :S

 

[Menel]

... I know some kind of gem explodes when hot enough. :S

you can make glass and porcelain out of quartz so i think it wouldn't explode you need to make it liquid :3

 

[Spark]

you can make glass and porcelain out of quartz so i think it wouldn't explode you need to make it liquid :3

You can make stairs, chiseled blocks and ordinary blocks out of quartz, so I imagine it can be quite hard. This is minecraft so who really knows? :S

 

[Menel]

You can make stairs, chiseled blocks and ordinary blocks out of quartz, so I imagine it can be quite hard. This is minecraft so who really knows? :S

i think it all depends on if the minecraft quartz is like the reallife quartz


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[JustTooFabulous]

I'd presume that -nether- quartz has different properties to normal quartz, otherwise it would have shattered with the heat of the nether.

 

[Menel]

I'd presume that -nether- quartz has different properties to normal quartz, otherwise it would have shattered with the heat of the nether.

isn't the nether 'cool' enough for people to walk in it? =/

 

[JustTooRadical]

Also, it wouldbe quite hard to break since it's structure is quite complicated:

 

[Jak]

A structure like that means it breaks easily. There are not many atoms bonded to more than two things. Diamonds are so solid because every atom is bonded to another three.

EDIT: Also lookign further it contains oxygen and silicon. Oxygen can only bond to two other atoms, silicon can bond to three, but is less reactive than carbon, so will break these bonds with more ease.

 

[JustTooRadical]

A structure like that means it breaks easily. There are not many atoms bonded to more than two things. Diamonds are so solid because every atom is bonded to another three.

Oh.
I'm stupid

 

[Spark]

Actually quartz is pretty hard, nothing to that of a diamond but harder than most minerals, especially gold.

 

[Legion]

There is currently no means in Alteran Technology to heat anything even close to 1600 C

 

[Menel]

There is currently no means in Alteran Technology to heat anything even close to 1600 C

lava?

Wikipedia:
from 700 to 1,200 °C with peaks of 1600 °C

 

[Spark]

lava?

Wikipedia:
from 700 to 1,200 °C with peaks of 1600 °C

Exactly, the peak temperature would likely occure in deep lava nowhere near the surface.