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BMTL with tmp=2 can rust IRON and METL!

  • 12Me21     9th Oct 2015 Member 0 Permalink

    Another "hidden" reaction has been found!

    If BMTL has a tmp of 2, it will turn nearby IRON and METL into BMTL with tmp=1.

     

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    Do any reactions create BMTL with tmp=2?

    Edited once by 12Me21. Last: 8th Oct 2015
  • ChargedCreeper     9th Oct 2015 Member 0 Permalink

    @12Me21 I am guessing that is how salt, salt water, and oxygen rust multiple layers of iron. Just a guess though.

  • jacksonmj     9th Oct 2015 Developer 0 Permalink

    @ChargedCreeper is correct. It's used in rusting.

     

    Place a particle of salt on a block of iron and step through frame by frame, examining the BMTL that is formed.

     

    BMTL with tmp>0 represents rusting metal. BRMT represents rust.

    BMTL tmp decreases with time.

    tmp>1 particles spread the rusting, sending tendrils of rusting BMTL into the iron. tmp=1 particles do not spread, and turn into BRMT after a random delay.

    Edited once by jacksonmj. Last: 9th Oct 2015
  • 12Me21     9th Oct 2015 Member 0 Permalink

    Oh, I thought rusting always created BMTL with tmp=1

    PS: did you know that LOXY can also rust iron?

     

    Anyway, it is strange that this affects METL too

  • jacksonmj     9th Oct 2015 Developer 0 Permalink

    Rusting creates BMTL with a variety of tmp values, but all these drop to tmp=1 quite quickly and stay at tmp=1 for a while.

    Edited 2 times by jacksonmj. Last: 9th Oct 2015
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