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Old 02-13-2018, 04:24 PM   #43
sir_pudding
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Default Re: Making metal transparent

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Originally Posted by GodBeastX View Post
So is an oxide metal no longer a metal by the standards?
Mettalic bonds are a lattice of cations which freely share electrons, this is why metals have almost every metallic property, including conductivity and shine. Metallic oxides have the electrons bound up in the ionic bonds between the metal cation and the oxide anion, and can't have any of those properties.

I wouldn't let Control (Metal) effect metallic ions in non-metallic compounds. At least not without some kind of power stunt that actually gives them Control (Matter). Magento might have been able to affect metallo-organics a few times, but he generally can't rip the potassium out of cells all the time.

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