Talk:Vibranium

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In the Antarctic Variety section of this article it describes the vibrations and the increasing in a logarithmic nature as more of this variant of vibranium are amassed together. As I am not familiar with the source of this information, the rest of the paragraph leads me to believe that the word logarithmically should be replaced with exponentially to more correctly describe the amassed vibranium properties. The definition of logarithmic means that it increases more slowly to infinity than any nonconstant polynomial. The definition and a descriptive graph is shown on the first link on google listed here (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LogarithmicallyIncreasingFunction.html).

This means that if you amass any specific amount of antarctic vibranium then it will emit a constant amount of anti-metal vibrations. If you then get twice as much vibranium then it would vibrate less than twice as hard. Maybe something like only 50% greater vibrations for a 100% increase in vibranium mass.

I think that the original author of this section meant to say "exponentially" larger, meaning that for an increase in vibranium your vibrations are increased several times more. Using our earlier example maybe we get 3 times the vibrations for only twice the vibranium mass.

Could someone please cite these sources referencing antarctic vibranium so others might more clearly understand its nature.

I cant remember the exact details, but in the past few months there was a mention of vibranium in The Amazing Spider-Man. One of Peter's childhood friends accidentally covers his entire body in vibranium, making him effectively indestructible.

Anyone care to look this up?

Also, the article could use a cleanup.

-Asriel 22:20, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That would be Charlie Weiderman. And I cleaned the article up some. Dr Archeville 17:26, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, is Charlie Weidermann. It's the story-arc where were revealed the sublimation temperature of Vibranium and its solidification atmosphere DrTofu83 12:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I read the trade paperback of the New Avengers "Breakout", added a bit about the SHIELD operation there...don't know the rest, since that arc was unresolved at the end of the paperback. Can anyone else finish that thought? 69.141.234.83 02:04, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I overhauled the article from top to bottom. Added lots more information and some pictures. Phunbot 08:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Was Turned off as no current NON copyright image would suit the page.

Suggest someone from Marvel could provide a picture of a shield that can be used under current guidelines.

--203.87.114.128 (talk) 03:42, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I did a massive clean up of the page, but it could probably use some more by someone more familiar with the topic. If I removed something vital, feel free to replace it. Argento Surfer (talk) 17:43, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

While i hope that people can remember that fictional creations move at the speed of the plot (in other words, may not, and often can not, be internally consistent), Someone at the IMDB website has noted that Iron Man's shield couldnt ricochet off walls and return to him if it was absorbing all vibrations. im sure the scriptwriters could, or have, come up with a workaround, but it would be nice to cite so that fanboys dont get their panties in a bunch worrying about how this could possibly be. (spoken as a fanboy myself, but in recovery.)(mercurywoodrose)75.61.131.36 (talk) 17:27, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

“I think you mean Captain America, not Iron Man,” he said in the voice of Comic Book Guy. --JPG (talk) 23:54, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How the hell do you make something out of Vibranium? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.104.144.40 (talk) 14:09, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Die casting. Argento Surfer (talk) 14:16, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reportedly Mask decided to name the material for Hyperloop trains with this name, see e.g. https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/24/11750666/hyperloop-transportation-vibranium-carbon-fiber-marvel-comics If anyone can please add either a section in this article or a separate article (ideally confirming the press-release by HTT actually exists, and linking to it), would be great. Either way the intro in the current article should mention that the term is no longer entirely fiction-related. 12.104.156.31 (talk) 17:09, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The only one known for sure is the density, which can be used to calculate the weight by dimensions.

"Way back in 1942, Howard Stark provides Steve Rogers (aka Captain America) with a prototype shield made of vibranium. Stark describes the metal as “stronger than steel and a third the weight,” adding that “it's completely vibration absorbent.” -in the 2011 movie Captain America: The First Avenger. Steel density is 7.8 g/cc, so that means Vibranium is 2.6 g/cc, the only true physical characteristic we actually know from the film. Msjayhawk (talk) 23:46, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Actual Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg54C-TQ5QM Msjayhawk (talk) 14:56, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all,

Just wanted to add that a new section should be added in the article, specifically in the "In other media" section under a new-subheading of "Music"; one of Ed Sheeran's songs off of his most recent album, "Take Me Back to London" (which features English grime artist Stormzy) makes references to vibranium in the lyrics (in Stormzy's verse). I'm working on finding an appropriate reference to include, but if others could help me out with this, I'd be very grateful. Thanks in advance - Sean Stephens (talk) 01:23, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]