While a completely pure diamond is indeed 100% carbon, it's hardly useful for making steel. The temperatures needed to alloy it with anything are likely enough to actually cause iron to vaporize. Diamond lattices are too stable to work with under all but the most extreme conditions. Instead, carbon minerals such as graphite are the most common additives.
While a completely pure diamond is indeed 100% carbon, it's hardly useful for making steel. The temperatures needed to alloy it with anything are likely enough to actually cause iron to vaporize. Diamond lattices are too stable to work with under all but the most extreme conditions. Instead, carbon minerals such as graphite are the most common additives.
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Carbon or other elements are introduced into iron generally for the purpose of hardening. Almost always this is followed by a heat treating process which either further changes the properties of the material.
I could see if graphite or carbon deposits were added in terrain generation. You could heat the iron ingot, combine with the raw carbon, then quench it in a cauldron maybe? The quality of steel tools and armour would have to be significant to warrant all the work.
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Carbon or other elements are introduced into iron generally for the purpose of hardening. Almost always this is followed by a heat treating process which either further changes the properties of the material.
I could see if graphite or carbon deposits were added in terrain generation. You could heat the iron ingot, combine with the raw carbon, then quench it in a cauldron maybe? The quality of steel tools and armour would have to be significant to warrant all the work.
Minecraft isn't huge on complexity like that. I could maybe see them making it so that you craft a Workbench, Furnace, and Cauldron together to make a new cook-station called a Forge. Input an Iron Ingot, Graphite Powder, fuel, and a bucket of water, receive a Steel Bar, which can then be crafted normally. Though I think they'd have to make a lot of items available from Steel to make it worth the effort while not surpassing diamond items.
One of my petpeeves is when someone calls iron tools steel. Not sure why. However, I peronally call sugar cane bamboo. Why? I don't know, that's just what it looks like to me.
And a side note, technically every single living thing on earth has carbon in it. Just a side note for those of you who failed chemistry.
meh...I got the bad habit to call sometime that silver and not iron lol ;p
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So if we smelt Iron and Diamonds we get Steel?
While a completely pure diamond is indeed 100% carbon, it's hardly useful for making steel. The temperatures needed to alloy it with anything are likely enough to actually cause iron to vaporize. Diamond lattices are too stable to work with under all but the most extreme conditions. Instead, carbon minerals such as graphite are the most common additives.
You just rocked my day. If there is literally any way I can buy you the beverage of your choice, I will make it so. +1 for being amazing.
Carbon or other elements are introduced into iron generally for the purpose of hardening. Almost always this is followed by a heat treating process which either further changes the properties of the material.
I could see if graphite or carbon deposits were added in terrain generation. You could heat the iron ingot, combine with the raw carbon, then quench it in a cauldron maybe? The quality of steel tools and armour would have to be significant to warrant all the work.
I prefer wood tools anyways.
Minecraft isn't huge on complexity like that. I could maybe see them making it so that you craft a Workbench, Furnace, and Cauldron together to make a new cook-station called a Forge. Input an Iron Ingot, Graphite Powder, fuel, and a bucket of water, receive a Steel Bar, which can then be crafted normally. Though I think they'd have to make a lot of items available from Steel to make it worth the effort while not surpassing diamond items.
And a side note, technically every single living thing on earth has carbon in it. Just a side note for those of you who failed chemistry.
"Darkness is only the absence of light. Once the light envelope a living, you can see his true self ... Abandon evil and sow the joy around you! Do not condemn the dark ... only shows the right path to hope ..."(Doranos89, 2011-12-03)