Unobtainium Why?
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Give this guy a prize, he's correct. Still keep posting what you thought it was for. By the way your prize is an invisable cookie, enjoy.sagacious said:
well for starters the earths unobtanium supply has been nearly exhausted 
it's remarkably strong and used in high strength polymers and when alloyed with steel or aluminum it's naturally lubricious properties make it a natural choice for moving parts of all kinds. it's use is particularly popular in modern firearms. However it is only found in no-got-ium so supplies are scarce and i think that's part of what James Carmon was commenting on.
it's remarkably strong and used in high strength polymers and when alloyed with steel or aluminum it's naturally lubricious properties make it a natural choice for moving parts of all kinds. it's use is particularly popular in modern firearms. However it is only found in no-got-ium so supplies are scarce and i think that's part of what James Carmon was commenting on.
Considering those are all of the factors that determine a metal's value, I am going to say this ^ is probably right.ravens_nest said:
Actually, the primary reason we don't use diamonds for more practical uses is that they can only be cut down. They can not be melted down and reformed into new shapes, so each individual diamond is limited to it's original size, which is usually quite small.Meemaimoh said:
It's not about demand. Trust me, if it where physically possible to make diamond windows or diamond knives and blades, people would want them.
I belive its what alfred hitchcock used to call a macguffin, it dosent matter what it is but the earth forces want it. But in the intrest of Sci-Fi its probably fuel.
Its a tie-in to that other epic movie, "The Core", in which the ship that goes to the centre of the earth is made out of unobtanium... So as bad as the humans seem they are doing it to build a ship to jumpstart the earths core with a nuke and save humanity! or they just want those giant diamonds that are floating around down there, just ask a geologist they will tell you how accurate that movie is and how much they love it.
It's a joke on you. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Unobtainium] Also, you've lost.Blatherscythe said:
It is physically possible, but not economically feasiblePyode said:
You'd need a huge, extremely high pressure and extremely high temperature furnace specifically designed for monocrystal growth.I like to imagine some more exotic properties for it. What if it's a non-toxic, easily refine-able room temperature superconductor? What if it's a strong metal with a melting point well above that of Hydrogen fusion temperatures? Or the craziest idea, what if it's a monopole? That would be CRAZY AWESOME!
That's pretty funny.matthew_lane said:
It's what that ship was made out of in "The Core". It converts heat and pressure into electricity, and gets stronger the tougher you treat it.
In acutual fact it's just your standard Maguffin that drives the plot, but is of no actual importance. You could replace "Unobtanium" with "Meringue Nests", and say the Planet Earth is suffering from a crippling Raspberry surplus, and it would have the same effect.
In acutual fact it's just your standard Maguffin that drives the plot, but is of no actual importance. You could replace "Unobtanium" with "Meringue Nests", and say the Planet Earth is suffering from a crippling Raspberry surplus, and it would have the same effect.
I know it's fuel, I put in that I thought it was a medicine of some kind when I first saw it. I wanted other peoples opinions on what they thought it was at first.Grand_Arcana said:
