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SolemnGolem · 12-28-2020, 10:15 PM

Latest best-guess from my UK quantum physicist friend is that the iron inside an iron star would be under extremely high pressure and temperature*, and would be solid metallic as a result.

From the DF viewpoint, this is going to be a one-way gate that brings in the stellar matter iron (which shares identical traits as meteoric iron) in useable form with a complex intermediary treatment that is as sophisticated as it is unseen.

Edit: *although at the extremely long time periods and theoretical near-heat-equilibrium, I wonder if it's more accurate to assume that the entire iron star is close to 0K.

12-28-2020, 10:15 PM	#71
SolemnGolem Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: The Hall of Fallen Columns	Re: Meteoric iron immunities Latest best-guess from my UK quantum physicist friend is that the iron inside an iron star would be under extremely high pressure and temperature, and would be solid metallic as a result. From the DF viewpoint, this is going to be a one-way gate that brings in the stellar matter iron (which shares identical traits as meteoric iron) in useable form with a complex intermediary treatment that is as sophisticated as it is unseen. Edit: although at the extremely long time periods and theoretical near-heat-equilibrium, I wonder if it's more accurate to assume that the entire iron star is close to 0K. Last edited by SolemnGolem; 01-02-2021 at 07:02 AM.