New Alloy: Cardinal

[JustTooRadical]

lava?

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

Maybe for a smith, they could make a 3x3 netherrack swuare, put glass above it, surround the thing with stone, and put lava above, and set the nethrrack alight.
That would maybe heat the lava up more/
I dunno
E.G, X = Fire, Z = Lava, Y = Glass, K = Stone, E = Netherrack

KZZZK
KYYYK
KXXXK
KEEEK
KKKKK

 

[Spark]

*le facepalm*

 

[Menel]

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

no, that peak is surface lava. inside it is 400-3000 °C, depending on where you are and the material it consists of

 

[JustTooRadical]

*le facepalm*

I know, I'm stupid

 

[Legion]

no, that peak is surface lava. inside it is 400-3000 °C, depending on where you are and the material it consists of

Lava that is from a source (volcano/hotspot) and lava that you have moved and are storing in a device used to smith things with are two very different things.


Also, Id not do quartz and redstone. Redstone has power-storage properties and quartz has teleport properties. These two are incompatible with iron.

 

[Menel]

Lava that is from a source (volcano/hotspot) and lava that you have moved and are storing in a device used to smith things with are two very different things.


Also, Id not do quartz and redstone. Redstone has power-storage properties and quartz has teleport properties. These two are incompatible with iron.

still you could use such a lava-river found in the earth. i think the bigger problem here is the protection against the heat. without a cappable mage you couldn't craft there. and lets say the crafting of an ingot involves 10 minutes of working (that is pretty short) then the mage would have to oppose the power of 1600 °C for 10 minutes. that is an insanely high force.

(i don't understand alteras magic understanding as i never tryed to but maybe it would be less tiring to just divert the heat via magic instead of taking the power/force in or instead of directly opposing it, but still, the price for such an ingot would be far to high, considering it's use)

 

[Legion]

it would also be impossible to avoid mixing the lava with whatever you were melting.
Essentially giving you a worthless mixture of stone and iron.

 

[Faelin]

Haematite already contains enough red pigment to appear red without redstone anyway.
Hence "Haema" which is from the latin root "Blood", as in Haemophobic, Haemophiliac etc.

You just need a way to extract the colour somehow~

 

[Menel]

it would also be impossible to avoid mixing the lava with whatever you were melting.
Essentially giving you a worthless mixture of stone and iron.

obsidian melts at 1760 °C so if you find the right spot you can make a pool with obsidian that is still able to melt the minerals/metals inside

 

[Faelin]

obsidian melts at 1760 °C so if you find the right spot you can make a pool with obsidian that is still able to melt the minerals/metals inside

Then how exactly do you propose to extract the white hot liquid metal?

 

[Menel]

maybe a big pot you can tip over with some kind of mechanism? i have the pictures of industrial iron melting in my head and i know it should be able with clever dwarves

 

[Spark]

Would be even cooler if someone made some kind of arrow tip made from obsidian shards........ © SparkInSpace 2013

 

[Legion]

obsidian melts at 1760 °C so if you find the right spot you can make a pool with obsidian that is still able to melt the minerals/metals inside

Unfortunately chemistry doesnt quite work like that. You are right, the obsidian won't melt, but then you've got another issue: obsidian has a nill heat capacity. It is an insulator, not a conductor, and its an amalgamous crystal, and that is the worst possible combination for heat transfer.
Your obsidian would never melt, sure, but you could never ever get the inside hot enough either.

 

[Ephemarel]

Sauron did it... there must be a way!

 

[Faelin]

Sauron did it... there must be a way!

*underlines the word "fantasy" on the back of Lord of the Rings*

 

[Mario Mluigifish]

*underlines the word "fantasy" on the back of Lord of the Rings*

*Underlines the word "Fantasy" under the "Medieval & Fantasy Minecraft Roleplaying*

Also, you don't get lava inside of earth :/ Lava is just the surface.. magma is what is underneath the surface...
I am right unless all the geography people at my school are wrong...

 

[blargtheawesome]

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

Vorar!

 

[Faelin]

Vorar!

Strictly speaking, Vorar is not Alteran technology~
*Stalks way too much*

 

[Mario Mluigifish]

Strictly speaking, Vorar is not Alteran technology~
*Stalks way too much*

Vor wut...?

 

[Faelin]

Vor wut...?

Baron's character, the Automaton.