what does "wrought" mean in "wrought iron"?
@Efi "worked"
For that type of iron you work it into whatever you're making while it's still hot enough to get the molten slag out
@troubleMoney what would be a good word to say "this is iron mixed with magic ash"?
@Efi for intentionally mixed you'd call it an alloy
Maybe the name for the magic ash with the "ferro" prefix if you want a latin-y feel?
@Efi actually if the ash is primarily carbon type stuff it would be considered a type of steel
@troubleMoney wrought cineroferro?
@Efi ferro's usually a prefix as these things are usually primarily iron with "stuff" added in, so "wrought ferrocinero" might be more accurate
Still, that's how it works with normal stuff, if it's magic you can call it whatever you like
@troubleMoney I know ferro is usually a prefix, but it's also a noun, so both are correct
("desperta ferro" is a classic)
@Efi oh yeah, grammatically it works, I was just talking about how it's used to refer to iron alloys
@troubleMoney maybe I just call it antiferro to annoy nerds =P
@Efi that sounds like some sort of substance that's really good at destroying iron
So if it's a sword made of the stuff and it causes iron and steel to bubble away on contact that'd be perfect
@troubleMoney yeah, but it's just iron and ash, so it's only good to get very, very cursed
@Efi hang on, iron mixed with ash and magic? "hexensteel" might work as a common name for it
@troubleMoney hmmm!! sounds too good and is not steel, tho, but I may keep that name for the next tier
@Efi if you're mixing iron with ash from anything carbon based (trees/animals/people) then that's steel right there
@troubleMoney so, funny thing, the primary component of ash is calcium carbonate, not pure carbon, and that is used to refine iron ore into pure iron by reacting the carbonate into calcium oxide in a blast furnace, thus freeing the iron of oxygen
so ash does not make steel and it shouldn't mix with iron at all, really =P
@Efi oh really? I thought there was far more pure carbon in there
My metallurgy knowledge is obviously lacking somewhat
@troubleMoney the point of combusting (wood, for example) is turning the long carbon chains into CO2 molecules and energy =P
the rest of the carbon gets trapped with calcium, sulphur etc
the remaining carbon would be the charcoal, which is not ash, technically
@Efi was my mistake
I just hate accidentally telling people wrong information because I apparently come across as someone who knows stuff and they might have taken it as fact when I'm completely wrong and was going off stuff I only half remember
@troubleMoney that's ok, it made me look and I learned things nwn <3