Element Suggestion" Moderator (MODE)
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I know I've posted this before. And this suggestion actually, got a far share of likes. I posted this to keep up to this year or month.
Although in nuclear engineering, a Moderator (Neutron Moderator.) is a medium that reduces the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and other nuclear technology's thereby turning them into thermal neutrons capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction involving uranium.
MODE (Moderator)
Color: Sun-Flower Blue
Category: Special or Radioactive
State of Matter: Medium
Uses: Moderator produces electricity when a neutron passes through it. And reduces the speed neutrons, in a nuclear reactors.
Also you can post your feedback here. This also would transfer (electricity.)
BORC (Boron Carbide)Category: Ceramics (If there is ever a category for ceramics.)
State of Matter: Solid
Color: Browinsh-Black
Uses: Boron Carbide is a ceramic and absorbs neutrons. And reduces pressure.
THRN (Thermal Neutrons)
Color Lime-Yellow
Category: Radioactive
State of Matter: Energy Particle.
Which are the neutrons which are the neutrons with the energy about 0.04 Electron Volts.
In this video you'll learn, how a nuclear reactor works. http://youtu.be/1U6Nzcv9Vws
Edited 9 times by NUCLEAR_FOX. Last: 20th Jan 2015 -
Sorry, I don't exactly get how this is working. Why is MODE an energy particle? Shouldn't it be a 'medium', i.e. a solid?
And also for the Boron Carbide, I think it should also reduce pressure. Then we can make plutonium->uranium reactors which don't explode as much.
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Fixed. Yeah there was some minor flaws. I just noticed, thanks for the input.
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We already have something like MODE. WATR will slow down neutrons, although it does not produce electricity from them.
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but hot neutrons will just vaporize the water.
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They wouldn't get hot enough to vaporize (WATR).
I had a feeling a dev/mod would say this " I'm not sure if this suggestion is useful enough by itself since we already have several elements (WATR, ICE, and SNOW) that slow down neutrons." I understand what you mean though. Its not good enough.
Edited once by NUCLEAR_FOX. Last: 17th Jan 2015 -
(WATR,ICE, and SNOW) do melt above 100C. Therefore not good moderators! and (FRZW), at some point turns back into (ICE). So this proves The Powder Toy needs an element moderator.
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Why? Why do we need this for nuclear reactions currently in the game? Not how it works or why it works, but why would someone want to do it? It's the answer I haven't seen yet.
The thing you should ask and answer is the question of audience. What kind of element is it going to present itself to people? Are there any other uses than soley nuclear reactors? Or are there much more applications that people can try this element out on? How many people do you think run into this problem of not having sustained reactions with moderation?
It seems to me this is a niche market or specific to a problem.
Edited once by Lockheedmartin. Last: 20th Jan 2015
