List of material properties.
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Quadrocarbide is like diamond armor (4 carbon atoms forming a quadruple covalent bond). I can only assume that hexcarbide (6) and octocarbide (8) are more complex versions of this, but I have no idea about hexphase armor.
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There's the Carbide Carapace too. It's a lower level armor, but the description mentions a material akin to diamond. So maybe Quadrocarbide, Hexacarbide and Octocarbide are extensions of the Carbide Carapace?
About Hexphase, I only know that it has got nothing to do with Hexacarbide(though I was confused the first time I see them), but I don't know what it is/made from.
About Hexphase, I only know that it has got nothing to do with Hexacarbide(though I was confused the first time I see them), but I don't know what it is/made from.
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essentially, carbides can be made by bonding the surface or regular material with carbon atoms to make a very hard and highly resistant coating.
its used for hardening steel tools used in industries (something like heavy duty pliers and bench vices etc)
tungsten carbide is relatively easy to coat and is quite economical when it comes to having a hard coating on a material
quad hex and octo carbide might be some kind of different method of applying the carbide coating, or more simply the grade of the carbide coat, or the number of layers of coating. the more layers, the stronger the surface is as far as engineering of materials go.
as for hexaphase. it seems to suggest that there are six different phases present throughout the compsite (think of how steel rods are used too strengthen concrete columns, but six different types of materials used in place of steel)
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its used for hardening steel tools used in industries (something like heavy duty pliers and bench vices etc)
tungsten carbide is relatively easy to coat and is quite economical when it comes to having a hard coating on a material
quad hex and octo carbide might be some kind of different method of applying the carbide coating, or more simply the grade of the carbide coat, or the number of layers of coating. the more layers, the stronger the surface is as far as engineering of materials go.
as for hexaphase. it seems to suggest that there are six different phases present throughout the compsite (think of how steel rods are used too strengthen concrete columns, but six different types of materials used in place of steel)
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It's almost certain that any unknown material in the game (Except xenotite and a few other exotic elements/materials) are some form of composite material or an unusual form of an existing material. Duralloy is a lightweight alloy filled with nanomachines and some framework for delivering power to them, hexphase is a 6-part composite....There's a few fantasy elements out there, of course, but a lot of stuff is just really really advanced materials science.
I'd imagine the carbide armors use layers to soak up impacts and energy....maybe some level of ablation, a little absorbtion but also the hardness of the material. Maybe it also breaks in such a way as to reduce kinetic energy as well (like chobham armor, only more so). If you spaced them out a bit you could probably get some rather impressive results. So the prefix possibly denotes how many layers of armored plates go into each segment.
I'd imagine the carbide armors use layers to soak up impacts and energy....maybe some level of ablation, a little absorbtion but also the hardness of the material. Maybe it also breaks in such a way as to reduce kinetic energy as well (like chobham armor, only more so). If you spaced them out a bit you could probably get some rather impressive results. So the prefix possibly denotes how many layers of armored plates go into each segment.
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