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Would it be so hard to believe that it could depend on the topology?
One atom arrangement could mean conductor, another resistor.
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Is this Hro Talak anything like the version Grayven encountered on Earth 50? If yes, I wonder if Paul could take him down much easier considering he doesn't have a super weakness like radion. Also, all I got from Darl Klus' page on the DC wiki is that he's a bad guy. Will him being the diplomat mean that Paul is going to have to come to blows with the entire Thanagarian Empire? I hope it's more of an intrigue/plotting thing that an outright military campaign or battle.
Then it's no longer the same Metal. It could just be used to perfectly isolate normal wires from the rest of the world, maybe. Not sure of the physics on that, but if you seal a normal wire from anything it could transfer heat to, you might be able to create something approaching the conditions for superconductors via supercooling (not sure how that works, I'm assuming by preventing the Metal from transferring energy away), and use another mundane metal for the superconductor.Would it be so hard to believe that it could depend on the topology?
One atom arrangement could mean conductor, another resistor.
You're thinking of subatomic particle arrangement not atomic topology.Then it's no longer the same Metal. It could just be used to perfectly isolate normal wires from the rest of the world, maybe. Not sure of the physics on that, but if you seal a normal wire from anything it could transfer heat to, you might be able to create something approaching the conditions for superconductors via supercooling (not sure how that works, I'm assuming by preventing the Metal from transferring energy away), and use another mundane metal for the superconductor.
Then it's no longer the same Metal. It could just be used to perfectly isolate normal wires from the rest of the world, maybe. Not sure of the physics on that, but if you seal a normal wire from anything it could transfer heat to, you might be able to create something approaching the conditions for superconductors via supercooling (not sure how that works, I'm assuming by preventing the Metal from transferring energy away), and use another mundane metal for the superconductor.
Problem with using it as a superconductor - it doesn't seem to conduct, but absorb energy, then release it when somehow triggered. It can't necessarily do both simultaneously. What you're explaining it is is some sort of battery. Batteries store and release energy. Superconductors just transmit it without any being lost - and we're not even sure if that's the case here. It probably has some use in computer engineering, but it seems like it's not a superconductor, since it hasn't been shown to necessarily do both at the same time. Like, it could absorb energy in one state, and then change states to release that energy in another form.Nth metal manipulates the four fundamental forces of the universe. The flight is through gravity manipulation. It can do other stuff thanks to the power of electromagnetism such as....
It can store energy. The Silver Scarab armor absorbs solar energy and then fires the absorbed energy as laser attacks.
It can transform energy into another form of energy. Ancient Egyptian Hawkman flew by powering his Nth metal with Baghdad batteries in one comic, converting electromagnetic energy into gravitational energy. Another Hawkman comic established that Thanagar's floating cities were powered by the Hawk god's stolen energies. So Thanagar is like powered by a forsaken child, if the forsaken child in question is a deity capable of apocalyptic destruction. The Claw of Horus is powered by tapping into the Earth's magnetic field, so I'd assume it converts magnetic energy into kinetic energy, it can also project energy blasts of some sort.
It can project the energy it's absorbed.
Since it can absorb energy, I imagine it could be used as a resistor, but I'm not an engineer, so perhaps my ignorance is showing there.
And since Nth metal can absorb and then project the absorbed energy, I don't see why it couldn't be used as effectively a superconductor.
A bit of trivia- Synn was trapped in a Nth metal cage for millenia. Considering Synn is one of the Seven Devils of Thanagar, I would assume that his cage was set up to drain his magical energy so he couldn't get out.
Nth metal can also manipulate the energy of the Emotional Spectrum. The Claw of Horus merged with a star sapphire to self upgrade.
Synn the undisputed master of all things Nth Metal in DC, used his control over Nth metal to disrupt Sand's intermolecular cohesion and Flash's protective aura.
Nth metal is also psycho-reactive much like the Emotional Spectrum is. Nth metal objects have been shown to be controlled by thought on more than one occasion. Hawkman and Hawkgirl defeated Synn by channeling their love into the Claw of Horus, and that was before the star sapphire upgrade.
I'd imagine that Thanagarians cheat by using Nth metal as much as they can- It can work as armor, generator, mode of transportation, weapon system, and user interface.
Hm... maybe then? Reading storage directly is still a thing a ring should be able to doAccording to whom?
Nth Metal absorbed energy from the Hawk God to keep the cities of Thanagar floating for millenia in the comics.
So Nth Metal was absorbing, converting, and projecting energy continuously.
DC Rebirth now has better unobtanium that does different things with 10th metal and the 5 metals that go into it. For example, Lazarus pits apparently work due to a specific type of unobtanium.Nth Metal: the unobtainium that goes around beating up all the other unobtainiums and yoinking their shticks.
I wouldn't make all of my computer chips out of it. Probably not even most of them.If you had a near magic metal that could be both a perfect conductor and a perfect resistor tell me you wouldn't make your computers chips out of it?
Nth Metal: the unobtainium that goes around beating up all the other unobtainiums and yoinking their shticks.
Hell it worked for Wakanda why not anyone else with magic plot metal.If you had a near magic metal that could be both a perfect conductor and a perfect resistor tell me you wouldn't make your computers chips out of it?
Space magic bullshit plot metal.
All right.
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This is what I was thinking, too. I would also accept that it could (with proper doping) act as a transistor.Sounds like Nth metal would be close-ish to a capacitor. Sort of the opposite of a normal wire which is slightly inductive. Definitely a use for it in computers and power transmission, but it's probably not used for wires.
Not gonna lie, sounds like you are talking about Graphene here. . .Would it be so hard to believe that it could depend on the topology?
One atom arrangement could mean conductor, another resistor.
It also sounds like silicon. The general principle applies to any semiconductor.Not gonna lie, sounds like you are talking about Graphene here. . .
Thank you, corrected.
Should these be plurals? Unless there's only one individual of each category present (and given this seems to be a large party, I doubt that)...enjoyment of the thanagarian -and the suitably armigerous alien- great and good sitting at the surrounding tables.
Good thing he wasn't drinking!"Bleez." He frowns as I start spasmodically blinking. "Have you.. heard of her?"
Ah, the reputation of Earth Bullshit precedes it."'Any' would be more than Thanagar. If you're building up to claiming something you think that I will think is impossible, you needn't worry. I've been fully briefed."
Some time ago I.. read a… Book."I'm a citizen of the country of Themyscira. We have an.. oracle. Some time ago I.. read I… Book. A winged woman named 'Bleez' with skin that colour featured."
'Raniform'? No link explaining it? For the peanut gallery: Frog-like form....are raniform amphibians. If she's matching their vocal range-.
Big... Lungs.
I would be...Wary....If such beings do exist, can you say for certain that it would be wrong to trade with them, as we do with alien races today?"
And for Eris' sake, read the fine print of any contract!I shrug as the song comes to an end. "No. I've treated with strange beings before. And I worship the Olympian Goddess of Chaos. I suppose the only insight that I've got to offer is that it is exceedingly unwise to call up anything you can't put down. Or to make a pact with no way to enforce it."
No, I think that's correct.Should these be plurals? Unless there's only one individual of each category present (and given this seems to be a large party, I doubt that)
Thank you, corrected."I'm a citizen of the country of Themyscira. We have an.. oracle. Some time ago I.. read I… Book. A winged woman named 'Bleez' with skin that colour featured."
Some time ago I.. read a… Book.
Also: A good alternative excuse for his knowledge, off-world anyway.
What can I say? I have high expectations of my readers....are raniform amphibians. If she's matching their vocal range-.
'Raniform'? No link explaining it? For the peanut gallery: Frog-like form.
Considering they all seem to be Lovecraftian abominations, and demand excessive sacrifices, making deals sounds like a bad idea... unless you can cheat and sacrifice soulless clone bodies, for example, or, considering this is Thanagar, sacrifice poor people / invaded people to give benefits to the rich / Thanagar. Nuking a planet for eldritch knowledge seems like something Thanagar would do - in a "if we're gonna do it anyway, might as well make the deaths useful" sort of way.I can't tell if the idea of trading with these entities is just good pragmatism or really bad hubris.
Oh... Well... That's not good..."I'm an atheistic materialist myself, but I read up on our mythology to prepare for this meeting. Ichthultu..