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There may be harmonium alloys but whether they are conventionally usable in any of the Metallic Arts would depend upon whether the alloys retain harmonium's 'explode when wet' property. Brandon has said that for most intents and purposes, the base sixteen metals and their interactions are going to be where all the attention goes. Brandon has said that he hasn't canonized even in his head what most of the atium alloys do so we're not likely to see all of them, or all the lerasium alloys.

Brandon was asked about the number of metals and said that fifty was 'nearly' correct, with the then-unseen harmonium being one more. The number of known viable metals is 52 (sixteen base metals, three godmetals, thirty two alloys from the base metals and atium/lerasium and lastly an atium/lerasium alloy) which tracks that statement. Since it fits so closely, Brandon may not have any current plans for harmonium alloys.

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True, but Brandon has repeatedly pointed out that most godmetals would not be automatically viable so we're unlikely to see much in the way of non-Scadrian godmetals being used in the Metallic Arts.

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If Odium were lured to Scadrial, would his physical body turn into a burnable metal?

If so, could Harmony create an Odium-metal legion of Mistings to consume and burn it?

Would that weaken him sufficiently enough to be killed or destroyed?

Brandon Sanderson

The difficulty here is, again, one of Identity. People born on Scadrial have an Identity tied to it and its magic. Odium would have to do certain things to make them able to use a magic he fuels. He has done these things on Roshar, so it's not impossible for him to manage it on Scadrial.

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What would happen if a Mistborn ingested the metal of a Shardblade/plate?

Brandon Sanderson

A shardblade is invested. A Mistborn isn't likely to have a tie to that type of Investiture. So probably nothing would happen…

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Questioner [PENDING REVIEW]

Can a Mistborn burn any physical form of Investiture?

Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW]

No. Well-- possible with work, but naturally, no.

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