Adamantium
Licensed IP · Legendary · Modern
A man-made metal alloy that becomes virtually indestructible once it sets. The bonding process is irreversible: adamantium can only be shaped during a brief window while it is molten. Once hardened, no known force can alter its form.
Identity
- Source
- Marvel Comics
- Aliases
- True adamantium, Secondary adamantium (degraded alloy)
Physical Properties
- Appearance
- Bright silver-grey, indistinguishable from high-grade steel until its properties are tested
- Luster
- Metallic
- Density
- 11.2 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 4800 °C
- Lighter
- Tumbaga
- Denser
- Lead
- Magnetism
- Ferromagnetic
- Electrical conductivity
- Medium
Mechanical Properties
- Mohs hardness
- 12
- Softer
- Uru
- Workability
- Impossible
- Brittleness
- Tough
- Malleability
- None
- Ductility
- None
Chemical Properties
- Corrosion resistance
- absolute
- Reactivity
- none
Lore & Narrative
The formula was accidentally discovered during research into a proto-adamantium alloy. The full recipe is known to fewer than a handful of people alive, and its production requires resources controlled by major governments and corporations.
- Notable uses
- Skeletal reinforcement, indestructible weapons, containment facilities
- Forge uses
- skeletal reinforcement, weapons, containment
- Worldbuilding traits
- indestructible, man-made, irreversible, modern
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