Adamantium
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Adamantium is a fictional metal
First mention
It was first mentioned in
Etymology
The word is a pseudo-Latin
In 1912, The Metallurgo Syndicate, Ltd., of Balfour House, used "Adamantium" (with a capital 'A') as a product brand when they exhibited "two of their specialities in the shape of Adamantium bronze—a high-class non-corrosive, anti-friction metal..."[5]
The term adamantium occurred in the 1941 short story "Devil's Powder" by
"It was a bullet. It was a small slug of adamantium, the toughest and hardest of all metals..."
All these uses predate the use of adamantium in Marvel's comics.[4]
Fictional history and properties
According to Marvel's comics the components of the alloy are kept in separate batches—typically in blocks of resin—before molding. Adamantium is prepared by melting the blocks together, mixing the components while the resin evaporates. The alloy must then be cast within eight minutes. Marvel Comics' adamantium has an extremely stable molecular structure that prevents it from being further molded even if the temperature is high enough to keep it in its liquefied form. In its solid form, it is described as a dark, shiny gray, like high-grade steel or titanium.[7] It is near-impossible to destroy or fracture in this state, and when molded to a sharp edge, can penetrate most lesser materials with minimal force.[8]
The Marvel Comics character Wolverine discovers an adamantium-laced skull in the villain Apocalypse's laboratory and says it seems to have been there for "eons".[9]
As a key component
- Ultron's outer shell[1]
- Wolverine's skeleton and claws[10]
- Sabretooth's skeleton and claws were laced with adamantium in a 1998 storyline.[11]
- Captain America's second shield, alloyed with vibranium and steel[12][13]
- Most of Bullseye's skeleton.[14]
- Lady Deathstrike's skeleton and talons[15]
- X-23's claws[16]
- The Russian's body, following his resurrection by General Kreigkopf[17]
Other versions
Secondary adamantium
Marvel’s comic books introduced a variant of "true" adamantium, “secondary adamantium”, to explain why, in certain stories, adamantium was shown to be damaged by sufficiently powerful conventional forces.[18][19] Its resilience is described as far below that of “true“ adamantium.[20][21]
Appearances of secondary adamantium in Marvel comic books include the casing of the supercomputer F.A.U.S.T.,[22] a suit constructed by F.A.U.S.T. and Blastaar for Stilt-Man,[23] a retractable protective dome around Exile Island,[24] and an army of Ultron duplicates.[25]
Ultimate Marvel
In stories published under the Marvel Comics
Comparison with real materials
Scientist David Evans argued that as adamantium "is considered to be a very dense and indestructible metal" the most suitable real material to model it would be osmium, "the densest known metallic element".[27]
See also
References
- ^ a b Walker, Karen (February 2010). "Ultron: The Black Sheep of the Avengers Family". Back Issue! (#38). TwoMorrows Publishing: 23–30.
- ISBN 978-1465455505.
- ^ "adamant - definition of adamant". Oxforddictionaries.com.
- ^ S2CID 54626181.
- ^ Fowler, William (1912). The Mechanical Engineer, Vol. XXX. The Scientific Publishing Company. p. 520.
- ^ Astounding Stories 1941-06: vol. 27 Iss #4. Internet Archive. Penny Publications. June 1941.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ The Avengers #201–202 (Nov.–Dec. 1980)
- ^ The Uncanny X-Men #139 (Nov. 1980)
- ^ Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure (1990)
- ^ X-Men #98 (April 1976) (w)Chris Claremont
- Yu, Leinil Franics (a), "Blood Wedding", Wolverine )(Vol. 2) #126 (July 1998). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Captain America #303 (March 1985)
- ^ The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2 (February 1983). Entry: "Captain America", pg. 22
- ^ Daredevil #197
- Windsor-Smith, Barry (a), "Wounded Wolf", The Uncanny X-Men #205 (May 1986). Marvel Comics.
- ^ X-23: Target X
- Sotomayor, Chris (col), RS and Comicraft's Wes Abbott (let), Stuart Moore (ed). "Dirty Work" The Punisher, vol. 6, no. 4 (October 2001). New York City: Marvel Comics.
- CBR.com. Archivedfrom the original on May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ "Adamantium". Marvel.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ^ "Adamantium". Marvel Directory.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ^ "Adamantium". The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #1 p. 5 (Marvel, August 1985)
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #18 (February 1974)
- ^ Thor #269 (March 1978)
- ^ Super-Villain Team-Up #17 (June 1980)
- ^ "This Evil Triumphant!". The Avengers vol.3 #22 (Nov. 1999)
- ^ Ultimate X-Men #12 (January 2002)
- ^ Evans, David (2015). "Wolverine: The Force Behind His Train Lunge" (PDF). Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics. 4: 90–92. Retrieved August 12, 2022.