Lava Metal Synthesis
Lava Metal Synthesis or LMS is a process of which the precious metals are extracted from lava. This process is used on the planet Volcania due to its large amount of available lava. LMS is able to extract high conductive metals like gold, silver, and copper along with common metals found in lava like aluminum and iron. This process is power efficient since the heat of the lava can be used to power the machinery
Manufacturing
Extracting specific metals from lava requires numerous steps of refinement
- Copper is dumped into the incoming lava
- AC Electricity is pumped through the lava while it the lava is continuously mixed to cause clumping of copper, gold, and silver
- The metal clumps are filtered out of the lava to be separated and sold
- The remaining iron/aluminum rich lava slag is run through heat exchangers to extract power and cool down the lava until the iron and aluminum starts solidifying within the lava slush
- The aluminum and iron is then filtered out of the lava and the remains in molten silica is dumped out
Access & Availability
This process is exclusively used at Volcania with no practical use on any other planet
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