woa Who the hell is Terion?

[A Begger from Scadrial]

Good morning, afternoon evening and all that good stuff,

I have a question about a fella named Terion.

I figure this'll be a 'We don't know right now" and "probs will later" 

 

My question/s none the less:

How had he heard of the composition of Duralumin before?

How can this random fella, Just rock up, make a new metal, then dip? 

I dunno?

"Lady Vin,

 

Here is the next alloy you requested. Aluminum is very difficult to acquire, but when a noble family recently left the city, I was able to buy some of their diningware.

I do not know if this one will work, but I believe it worth a try. I have mixed the aluminum with four percent copper, and found the outcome quite promising. I have read of this composition; it is called duralumin.

Your servant, Terion”

-WoA, Chapter 5

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

Here is the Coppermind article on them: Terion - The Coppermind - 17th Shard

Hope you find that helpful. I don't think we know anything further about them than what is listed there. 

[Treamayne]

3 hours ago, A Begger from Scadrial said:

Good morning, afternoon evening and all that good stuff,

I have a question about a fella named Terion.

I figure this'll be a 'We don't know right now" and "probs will later" 

 

My question/s none the less:

How had he heard of the composition of Duralumin before?

How can this random fella, Just rock up, make a new metal, then dip? 

I dunno?

"Lady Vin,

 

Here is the next alloy you requested. Aluminum is very difficult to acquire, but when a noble family recently left the city, I was able to buy some of their diningware.

I do not know if this one will work, but I believe it worth a try. I have mixed the aluminum with four percent copper, and found the outcome quite promising. I have read of this composition; it is called duralumin.

Your servant, Terion”

-WoA, Chapter 5

 

1 minute ago, epl2 said:

Here is the Coppermind article on them: Terion - The Coppermind - 17th Shard

Hope you find that helpful. I don't think we know anything further about them than what is listed there. 

To expand on what @epl2 said, one aspect of Scadrial we don't get to see much (and Terion was one bit of foreshadowing for that) is that the planet relies heavily on Metals, and, therefore, has millenia of advanced Metalurgical experience

WoB:

Spoiler

Questioner

You mentioned earlier that the Mistborn magic system is basically a Periodic Table of Elements. How would that affect the study of science in creating the whole Periodic Table?

Brandon Sanderson

If you can see what's happening on Scadrial, even in Era 2, they have a disproportionate amount of understanding and study of metallurgy, and they are not nearly as good at other things. So it's affected where they spend their focus and their research. Like, they don't have the radio, when they kind of should. They had to get it from some other places, the idea of that technology. So really, what's happening there is, I'm trying to keep it close ('cause Scadrial is an Earth analogue), but at the same time show what they're stronger at and what they're weaker at. It has influenced the way they approached science in some interesting ways.

We won't find out a lot more until Era 3, where one of the characters is more interested in the science. Because the characters in Era 2 are mostly interested in shooting people and perhaps creating interesting mixed drinks. And finding lost coins. (Steris.)

ICon 2019 (Oct. 15, 2019)

Another good comparison foreshadowing is (TES Spoilers):

Spoiler

In Emperor's Soul, they only know "ralkalest" (aluminum) as this metal substance sometimes found in meteors - while even Era 1 was making Aluminum from mined products, even if they did not yet have Electrolysis to make the process easy and cheap - which will likely be a factor for Era 3.

WoB:

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Questioner

In Mistborn Era 1, they don't...aluminum in real life can only really be refined through the use of electricity.

Brandon Sanderson

You can actually get it before that. For instance, Napoleon had a set of aluminum dinnerware that he gave to the really fancy guests. If you weren't fancy enough, you got the gold. So they could get it in elemental form without electrolysis or whatever the process is. You could get it, but you couldn't make it. It was extremely rare till the modern era.

They have started to figure out that process in Mistborn, and it soon is going to become really common.

Questioner

Once aluminum is dirt cheap like it is--

Brandon Sanderson

That changes the world a whole bunch!

Skyward release party (Nov. 6, 2018)

 

Hope that helps