Talk:List of fictional super metals

term "super metal"
There is no indication that the term super metal is used specifically in that context. The current article reads like a random list of examples. This should probably be deleted. Pascal.Tesson 16:42, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I created this article. In the history of science fiction, the use of the super metal as a plot device is well known. Lists of other fictional chemical elements or substances already exist here. For example, aluminium was an expensive, rare and difficult to produce metal when Jules Verne used it in From the Earth to the Moon, transparent aluminium was used in film Star Trek IV, and now real version of transparent aluminium actually exists. This article is for specifically for metals as they hold a place in the human imagination for superior strength and durability. If you want a reference, the term is used by Lester Del Rey in "The World of Science Fiction, 1926-1976: The History of a Sub-Culture." Talltanbarbie 02:50, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I look up things in this article all the time! We use the fictional metal names for name creation, and in product line design. It would be a horrible waste if this article were to go away, and i've saved a local backup just in case. --213.202.240.80 20:20, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

My own small contribution to the article states my own opinion about its validity. I see no reason to delete it. Rogue, 14:00, October 29th, 2007 (UTC)

This article was just for fictional metals. The other article on fictional materials is very detailed and includes lots of all kinds of things but I started this article just for metals and metals only. As I have stated previously, when people think of really strong materials, they think of first of metals. It's been that way since the end of the Stone Age. That's why I started this article and I don't think it should be deleted.

--Talltanbarbie, 24 January 2011 —Preceding undated comment added 01:12, 25 January 2011 (UTC).

needs work
at least alphabetize the entries.... maybe sort them by special properties?--Marhawkman (talk) 12:11, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Ten-point Steel
Please add an entry for Ten-point steel for the Novel Slan written by A E van Vogt. The metal is mentioned on page 158) of Slan published in 1951 by Simon and Schuster, New York, second printing. This material was created by accident when the main Character John Thomas Cross (named on page 239) although generally called Jommy Cross in the rest of the book, when he mounted his father's atomic disintegrator in the nose of the space ship he was piloting and plunged the ship into a river underneath a city to hide it, disintegrating the matter ahead of him as he flew. He later converted the entire hull of the spaceship to ten point steel, which made it indestructable to space mines (as shown on page 160). I am not making this up. You can read the book and look it up for yourself. Jonrgrover2 (talk) 02:08, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

The key reference is http://books.google.com/books?id=Z1Ed3BOsuBQC&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=%22ten-point+steel%22&source=bl&ots=htn5bdxiRT&sig=94MqM90wHnb2x4hU29sdAKqz_Ig&hl=en&ei=SJKPSduYEpy6MvjCzbUL&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=24&ct=result —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonrgrover2 (talk • contribs) 02:24, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Former fictional super metals turned real
Would there be a need for a section about fictional metals that were discovered afterwards (or other alloys very similar)? One example comes to mind, in the 19th century science-fiction stories very special and strong alloys of the recently discovered aluminium were often featured. This became a reality some time later with the discovery of duraluminium and other alloys. --131.188.3.21 (talk) 01:37, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No, they're not fictional, and any resemblance to the fictional materials would probably be purely coincidental. If a fictional material inspired the research which lead to the discovery of a real material, or a real material is named after a fictional material, that should be mentioned here in the fictional material's entry, and in the real material's article. Real, non-fictionla materials should not have their own sections in this article. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 05:13, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Define "turned real". My definition is something that was fictional being found/created in nearly the exact same form and properties. As far as I know, that hasn't happened yet.--Marhawkman (talk) 10:05, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * By "turned real" I was meaning the discovery of an alloy with similar properties as that of a fictional metal. For example, a 19th century author says: let's imagine a stronger version of aluminium we can build spacecrafts and aircrafts out of it, it's a pity it does not exists and aluminium is only good now for kitchen utensils. Then, half a century later, an "advanced" aluminium really gets used for constructing aircraft. And, we can consider the alloys used in the space Shuttle or other spacecraft (yes, I know most of the heat shield is ceramic but there are still metal alloys around which can withstand ridiculous amount of heat and pressure). They were just science fiction before. I, however, understand your point, and this sole example does not warrant for a whole new section. Maybe you know of other examples? --131.188.3.21 (talk) 02:58, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Transparent aluminum is the only one I can think of. But it's not a true metal. It's a ceramic compound.--Marhawkman (talk) 16:13, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Iridium 80
This is not a 'Heavy' isotope of Iridium, but an impossibly light isotope. Jokem (talk) 16:53, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm... element number 77, stable weights: 191, and 193.... Um, yeah.... Very impossible it'd have to possess only 3 neutrons.--Marhawkman (talk) 22:38, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Is it described as a heavy isotope in the book? -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 03:35, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Are these metals?
I've tagged the following substances for merging into list of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles. Does anyone have a source for any of these substances being metals? -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 08:27, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Bendezium (the in-game description doesn't call it a metal).
 * Carbonium (the description in the article never refers to it as a metal).
 * Neutronium (the main neutronium article never refers to it as a metal).
 * Scrith (the scrith section of the Ringworld article doesn't say anything about it being a metal, it merely states that it has some properties of a metal).
 * Sheol (I'm going from memory, IIRC the manual refers to sheol as an element, but never says it is or is not a metal).
 * Wellstone (never referred to as a metal in either its' section in this article or in the articles for The Wellstone or Hacking Matter).
 * Neutronium is sometimes refered to as a metal in scifi. Granted it's not actually a metal in reality, but story writers are free to make up their own versions.--Marhawkman (talk) 23:34, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I did a google search, and found several online sources which state that neutronium's depicted as a metal in Star Wars, so I've replaced the merge tag with a fact tag for neutronium. All six still need citations. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 03:31, 10 November 2009 (UTC)