Pressure manipulation

  • JoshinatorKy
    1st Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    I'm pretty sure I haven't seen any of these suggested before, which surprises me.

    Elements that react in various manners to change in pressure. Now, I'm not talking about like nitro does or any of those other explosives. Here is what my idea is.

    • Element 1: Powder of about the same density as Uranium, when under pressure it generates cold instead of heat.


    • Element 2: The higher the pressure the higher the density. So say I put the powder in a  container with three layers, layer 1: stone, Layer 2: dust, layer 3: water. When i put Element 2 in at 0 pressure it will float on top of the water. As pressure increases it would first become denser than water and drop below it. Next after a certain point it would become more dense than powder, then finally at high pressure it would become more dense than stone.


    • Element 3: The opposite of Element 2


    • Element 4: Acts as a normal powder except within a certain range of pressure for example, it would behave like dust at 21 or below pressure but when pressure is between 22 and 40 it is of negative density.


    • Element 5: Element that, depending on pressure, produces a certain element. It would be much like Clone but instead of being able to set it to anything it would produce 1 of several things depending on pressure. Or on the other hand it could act like the converter and convert things to a certain element depending on pressure.


    • Element 6: Gas that become colder the higher the pressure is.



    I don't think these have been suggested before but if they have I am sorry and I'd like you to let me know so I can remove the ones which have been suggested.


    I think bold text is broken. I have <b></b> on the Elements that are underlined but it does not show up as bold. :(
  • tommig
    1st Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    I love number 2!
    I think something similar was suggested once, ages ago, because it could be too difficult to code of something
    I'd love to code it, if I could work out how
  • JoshinatorKy
    1st Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @tommig (View Post)
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    That would be great.
  • Catelite
    1st Feb 2012 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    None of these are difficult to code actually, just they're not particularly useful. Having something to cool on negative pressure has already been circumvented in part by INVS and most kinds of silicon, which reset to base temperature after being sparked. Similarly, things that change density aren't the half as useful as they sound, unless they conducted electricity which could be used as a neat way to detect pressure.

    ...Also, elements that change gas/liquid/solid phases depending on pressure alone already exist, but not quite like this. Not really sure how application would work, but maybe :O


  • Minishooz
    1st Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    What about an element that changes to gas liquid or solid when activated or something like that?
  • therocketeer
    1st Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @Catelite (View Post)
    I can't seem to replicate the INVS thing =/
    @JoshinatorKy (View Post)
    I also like number 2, strangly.

    One I had in mind/Element 7: A gas that decreases in volume when under +pressure, and expands when under -pressure. So like a volume variable pressure gas self spongy thing? could also be modified further to replicate fusion! :D
  • tommig
    1st Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @therocketeer (View Post)
    You remember my gel suggestion? It was almost the same, except +pressure caused expansion, and it was a liquid
    I was going to make it, but I've already coded a more useful alternative
  • therocketeer
    1st Feb 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @tommig (View Post)
    oh yes I do remember. I thought someone suggested it before.