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True, but you could also hide your metals fairly well underneath any type of clothing. And running out would not really be much of a problem when you can have a total of 1kg of steel on your body versus a couple of grams in you stomach! Do we know this? A metalmind can only have parts of it touch your body, wouldn't a metal piercing be the same? I guess the question would be if it burns outside in (body) or inside out (of body). The simplicity argument is good, but it still doesn't explain why nobody seems to use it - I can't imagine nobody would have the theatrical flair to not do it! When it comes to pieces falling off also falls on the question of burning inside out or outside in. Aluminium coating would be fairly thin and easy to scrape off..!

I found this, and if you had a very thin layer of plastic wrap I'm sure it would be accessible based on this..?

Charcoal should be plenty enough to make steel, but steelmaking in the degree of extremely specific content is difficult! Question falls back to the definition of specific

I was reading a thread on the burning of Harmonium, and that had already gotten off track so I thought I'd start a new thread regarding the burning of metals and subsequently the burning of the ever so reactive Harmonium. I found this WOB which is even quite fresh: Suddenly I wondered why they would even ingest the metal and found this: And now I'm kind of confused - why do allomancers ingest the metals? Piercings made of the correct metal will give the allomancers a much bigger storage to use (I small earring will contain more metal than a few flakes ingested) and you don't have to be afraid of metal poisoning if you don't burn it off. I also have a question regarding the state of the metal consumed, can you burn a rusted piece of iron? (ie. a nail competely covered with, but not only consisiting of, rust) If you coat the metal in epoxy or anything else, can you still burn it? If you can coat the metal before consumption/insertion, the allomantic use of Harmonium is suddenly unproblematic..!

Googled Unicorn Monkey and got the sadest magical creature:

Also, where did you go!? Did you get lost in Shadesmar?

My thoughts exactly, I would like to know more about society before The Ascension - everything since is obviously obscured by Rashek... Don't flatter me though, I might go ahead and make more of these!

I'm not sure I'm trusting Hoid to serve me anything to be honest..! He does have the flair of a turkish ice cream seller though!

The purity of some metals is also very hard to achieve without complex processes, which is some of what bugs me. The proportions must have come from Leras, as I remember they have to be very specific according to Kelsier or Vin (it's been a while since I read it, re-reading now). Or it could be not so specific compositions in our eyes, but still quite specific for a society at their level of technology (ie. 5% off might still be good). Pure metals are generally really hard to make without modern refining technologies, but one have to assume having a Shard guiding you will help. We did make alot of the metals (if not entirely pure) used in the series in the middle ages though. Pure metals: Zinc, not very usable without Allomancy but could be made in middle ages Copper, made in the middle ages Iron, made in the middle ages Tin, made in the middle ages Alloys: Steel, iron and carbon alloy, some occurance from metorites and random happenstance where the ore is suitable (ie Damascus steel) Pewter, lead and tin alloy, probably made from an ore containing both (not uncommon) Brass, copper and zinc alloy Bronze, copper and tin alloy For era 2, everything advances alot and let's not get into that now!

So pupils, settle down. Class is now in session! Todays topic, steelmaking! Side note: I'm a metallurgist and not a geologist, so I'll side-step the geological considerations of the creation of coal completely and rather give you a short introduction on iron and steelmaking! Iron: a base element Pig iron/wrought iron/cast iron: Iron with more than 2.1% carbon Steel: Iron with less than 2.1% carbon So, what's up with the carbon? When you make iron alloys you usually start with iron ore Fe2O3 (or Fe3O4, or a combination depending on your source). Now all this oxygen is rather pesky and clings to the iron making it into a stupid rock and not a usable metal. So we need to get rid of it! What does oxygen love? CARBON! So we add carbon, about 200g/kg of Fe2O3, of pure carbon. Now the soruce of this is kind of irrelevant as long as the carbon is available to react with the oxygen in the ore. It can be coal (as found naturally), carbides (metal-carbon substances, not that suited however), CO-gas (not really applicable to the Cosmere as we know it), charcoal (natural, or man-made from trees/plants), or anything else really. Diamonds even, but they are really strongly bonded and not really going to e very efficient. Heat this mixture of ore and carbon up and you start making iron! (Heat generally makes reactions faster, it also melts the ore and the iron (not the carbon though!) making the contact surface bigger and more suitable for reaction. 2000C should do the trick by far! This can be done by burning the carbon source, or by other ways of heating). Iron ore will react with carbon in this way: Fe2O3 -> Fe3O4 -> FeO -> Fe Now you've got some good old liquid iron, but also heaps of exess carbon, which starts dissolving into the molten iron similar to how sugar or salt dissolves into water. Molten iron can dissolve ALOT of carbon! And suddenly you have a whole lot of carbon in your molten metal, and if you cool it down and cast it at this point it forms as cast iron! Dammit, no steel yet... So what does carbon love? OXYGEN! And this is where things get a bit silly, because after you've removed all the oxygen from the iron ore you start blowing oxygen back in to remove the exess carbon! Most efficient is of course using pure oxygen, but air should do the trick. Blow air into your liquid mixture all until you achieve a carbon-leven below 2.1% and you've got yourself a batch of steel! Cast it, cool it, grind it to a powder and ingest it you crazy Mistborn! Bonus nerd photo, iron-carbon phase diagram with the different molecular structures (the greek symbols) and physical structure (images) of iron+carbon alloys at different temperatures. This was horribly simplified, and more than a little silly, but hope you enjoyed this class and if you have any further questions do not fear - the metallurgist is here! Another note: Being a metallurgist both makes reading about Scadrial gives pure joy and stupid agony, but sometimes you just got to assume some spiritual mumbo-jumbo came into play and taught people how to make the metals..!

Why am I hungry now? Rock is a great choice! Who would make the best waiter among the Cosmere crews?

This is a very nice summary, I've got to say! Not sure all is correct, but I'll let someone with more knowledge than me pick on that.. Good work!

I'll live with that answer, fun happenstance though!

That much I know, but the origin of your use!

It still feels like April, doesn't it! Christ the world kind of stopped right in its tracks.. Remember to take care of yourself, nothing rots the brain as much as doing nothing - and that won't help your math skills

Welcome! Nice to see some low-cost cosplay, especially when they're all great! What would be your favourite cosplay to do?

You just throw that out there and give us no explanation, that is not ok!

I just wish I had any artistic talent..! Nice work! And welcome

One would assume the brain is confused by the input, much like when you're in a dream you can sometimes trash about or talk nonsense. If I remember correctly though, Dalinar learns to control his body as he gets experienced with the visions.

I guess you could techincally Forge a piece of oxide into thinking it has been through electrolysis, but I think you would need extensive knowledge on the metallurgical process for this - which isn't invented in the times we've seen so far... Or maybe you could say it came from a meteorite, that could work..?

I have the digital edition and never bothered to read past the Postscript, silly me...! Thanks <3

Reshi seems like a fairly decent place to go for sure - I think the Purelake would also be very nice if you can stand always having wet feet!

I love this! And Stick, man that act ually made me laugh out loud! Hero of Ages naughty style: Warbreaker: If you want a proper MCU post credit for Oathbringer:

SA is where it really takes off isn't it..! Welcome my friend - which planet/area of that planet would be your ideal vacation location?