Unreviewed Impervium Carbide

[Alban Roble]

I M P E R V I U M
C A R B I D E​

"I never paid attention in chemistry."

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a metal alloy for the closed-market.
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Roble Manufacturing
• Affiliation: Roble Manufacturing
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Impervium Carbide
• Modularity:
  • N/A
• Production: Mass-Produced
• Material:
  • Impervium
  • Carbon
  • Nickel
  • Colbat
  • Tungsten
  • Vanadium
  • Niobium
  • Iridium, trace amounts
  • Neutronium, trace amounts

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Hypercarbon complex
  • Molecular furnace processing prevents brittleness
  • Higher carbon content in common steel alloys forces semi-covalent bonding with metallic elements
  • Forms carbide particles within the alloy
• Base impervium matrix
  • Nickel and cobalt alloyants increase toughness and high-temperature strength
• Carbide formers
  • Tungsten, vanadium, niobium, chromium
  • Refined grain, stabilized structure, increased corrosion resistance
• Microalloyed iridium increases density
  • Complex bond lengths dramatically shorten
• Microalloyed ultra-dispersive neutronium
  • Increases energy absorption
• Extreme hardness that outperforms standard impervium alloys; increased density dramatically improves anti-penetrative abilities
• Increased melting point compared to standard impervium alloys
• Increased corrosion resistance compared to standard impervium alloys
• Metallic matrices diffuse energy

STRENGTHS

• Extreme Resistance: Impervium Carbide outperforms standard impervium on hardness, heat resistance, and corrosion resistance; it is also denser than the standard variant.
• Energy Absorption: Microalloyed neutronium dramatically increases the energy dispersion properties of the alloy.
• Proprietary: Roble Manufacturing strictly controls the manufacturing process of the alloy and jealously guards it as an industry secret; the nanomanipulation of the alloy on a molecular level makes reverse-engineering extremely difficult.

WEAKNESSES

• Brittle: The alloy has low ductility compared to common metal alloys such as durasteel.
• Supply Chain: Manufacturing the alloy requires a constant stream of many resources, some considered rare, such as iridium and neutronium.
• Construction: While the increased melting point of impervium carbide makes it more resistant, it requires specialized technologies in order to weld, shape, and construct with the alloy.

DESCRIPTION
Impervium carbide is a hardened, carbon-infused variant of impervium designed to maximize surface hardness while relying on the base alloy for toughness and structural resilience. Roble Manufacturing developed the carbide to improve on the already-nigh-impenetrable metal coating. As it is technically only 50-60% impervium, the substance is at least a quarter more cost-effective compared to the standard alloy.

The carbide is typically applied as a metal coating, by thermal spraying, electroplating, or whatever method is most suitable, to a composite-layer armor framework. Its brittleness means that it is not well-suited to bend or break under pressure (not that one could simply press on it or break), but its nigh-impenetrability means that, when applied as a coating to a tough, ductile material results in an extremely strong armor. The extreme density of the carbide means that coatings can be lighter compared to other compounds, cancelling out the increased mass, meaning that weight is practically unchanged.

It has extreme hardness, nigh-impenetrable with extreme density and structural stability, as well as extreme resistance to corrosion and heat; all thanks to the complex metal covalent bonding matrix and the elements alloyed. Microalloyed neutronium dramatically increases the alloy's ability to disperse energy, increasing its effectiveness against particle-based weaponry. The carbide is the result of painstaking material science research. Roble Manufacturing jealously guards its production as an industry secret, and the nano-engineered particles of the alloy, many minute details, as well as the extremely high heat resistance, all make it extremely difficult to reverse-engineer.