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==Science Fiction Examples== | ==Science Fiction Examples== | ||
* [[Adamantium]] | * [[Adamantium]] | ||
* [[Cydonium]] | |||
* [[Element Zero]] | |||
* [[Elerium]] | |||
* [[Hypermatter]] | * [[Hypermatter]] | ||
* [[Naquadah]] | * [[Naquadah]] | ||
* [[Naquadria]] | |||
* [[Neutronium]] | * [[Neutronium]] | ||
* [[Quantium 40]] | * [[Quantium 40]] | ||
* [[Red matter]] | * [[Red matter]] | ||
* [[Trilithium]] | * [[Trilithium]] | ||
* [[Trinium]] | |||
==Uses of "Unobtainium"== | ==Uses of "Unobtainium"== | ||
Revision as of 23:39, 16 August 2010
Unobtainium is a term coined by engineers to describe materials that do not exist. When you find that the material properties required for a particular function cannot be met by any material known to modern science, the material that you need is unobtainium. Examples include:
- Metals with impossibly high melting points.
- Structural materials with impossibly high tensile strength.
- Fuels or explosives with impossibly high energy density.
This term comes up occasionally in science fiction, describing a material with impossible properties. Many science fiction materials actually fit this description, though.
Science Fiction Examples
- Adamantium
- Cydonium
- Element Zero
- Elerium
- Hypermatter
- Naquadah
- Naquadria
- Neutronium
- Quantium 40
- Red matter
- Trilithium
- Trinium
Uses of "Unobtainium"
- The hull of the drilling vehicle in The Core was composed of unobtainium.
- The human miners in Avatar were extracting unobtainium, an elemet with superconductive properities which could, in suffient quantities levetate.