On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 00:37:47 GMT, you wrote: >On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 09:24:21 +0900, you wrote: > >>I have a question about Iserlohn. >>In anime, Iserlohn's surface is coated by hydrometals. >>Is there any such material on earth or in universe actually? >>If not, is there any possibility that such materials can >>exist theoretically? > >Mercury. >yeah, i can't help wondering how a liquid (even a liquid metal) >doesn't either freeze/solidify or simply boil away in the vacuum. > >-- > Wayne H. Yin > why@cc.utexas.edu The other thing to consider is LoGH takes place in the mid 36th century, and while the past 600 years have gone through some level of decline, they are still quite far ahead of us in technology. So the issues with the metal staying liquid could be addressed somehow. Other issues that would need to be addressed include some kind of magnetic field or some other method needs to keep the liquid metal layer above the physical surface of Iserlohn. - Lee Thompson shadow@nwlink.com