Tea Leaf Posted March 8, 2023 Posted March 8, 2023 I don't know if this is ever addressed, but can you use allomancy on carbon nanotubes? How about Mercury?
1 alder24 Posted March 8, 2023 Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) Aren't carbon nanotubes made fully out of carbon? Which isn't metal. So no on that. Mercury is a metal, so you can push/pull it. You need to look on the periodic table and what is metal and what isn't, but not everything is pushable. Spoiler Questioner Do metalloids [on the periodic table] count as metals for the purpose of allomancy? Brandon Sanderson Yes. Questioner So things like gallium and antimony… Brandon Sanderson Yes. Not everything is pushable or pullable, but it counts in allomancy, and there are certain things… there are certain relationships. Boskone 54 (Feb. 18, 2017) Spoiler Questioner What's the chemical definition of a metal in Mistborn? Is it the entire chunk of the periodic table defined as a metal, or...? Brandon Sanderson A: It is technically that [...], but many of them are Allomantically inert. But things like cesium still count. Shadows of Self Chicago signing (Oct. 12, 2015) Edited March 8, 2023 by alder24
0 Heilven he/him Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 On 3/8/2023 at 10:19 AM, alder24 said: You need to look on the periodic table and what is metal and what isn't, but not everything is pushable. Hmm. Interesting. I was under the impression that metals could be pushed/pulled on because they are a conduit to investiture. So shouldn't something that is allomantically inert not be able to be pushed on at all?
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I don't know if this is ever addressed, but can you use allomancy on carbon nanotubes? How about Mercury?
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