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====== Fermite ====== | ====== Fermite ====== | ||
- | [{{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Wardite%2C_Childrenite-Eosphorite_series-199243.jpg/800px-Wardite%2C_Childrenite-Eosphorite_series-199243.jpg?300 |Large specimen of Fermite}}] | + | {{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Wardite%2C_Childrenite-Eosphorite_series-199243.jpg/800px-Wardite%2C_Childrenite-Eosphorite_series-199243.jpg?300 |Large specimen of Fermite}} |
Fermite is an unusual and rare mineral, the crystal structure of which acts as a stabiliser for the radioactive element Fermium. Fermite has unusual properties that affect interactions many chemicals have with organic tissue. | Fermite is an unusual and rare mineral, the crystal structure of which acts as a stabiliser for the radioactive element Fermium. Fermite has unusual properties that affect interactions many chemicals have with organic tissue. | ||
- | The mineral was discovered and subsequently described during a 3582PT survey of the tomb world of [[system:Kannavax#Kannavax III|Kannavax III]] in [[sector:Wesrix's Sector]], whose atmosphere was stripped away and biosphere sterilised by a nearby supernova in 530BE. The [[Dominion]] scientific crew that discovered it was a diverse multidisciplinary team, and were able to work out its effects on biochemical reactions as well as the solvent mix to incorporate it into pharmaceuticals before they finished their 1-year survey. Yuallon, the lead scientist on the expedition, is regarded by the [[Tulaki Ecclesiocracy]] to have ascended upon her death to the Court of [[immortal spirits#Dekal the World-Shaper]]. | + | The mineral was discovered and subsequently described during a 3582PT survey of the tomb world of [[system:Kannavax#Kannavax III|Kannavax III]] in [[sector:Wesrix's Sector]], whose atmosphere was stripped away and biosphere sterilised by a nearby supernova in 530BE. The [[Dominion]] scientific crew that discovered it was a diverse multidisciplinary team, and were able to work out its effects on biochemical reactions as well as the solvent mix to incorporate it into pharmaceuticals before they finished their 1-year survey. Yuallon, the lead scientist on the expedition, is regarded by the [[dominion_leadership#the_ecclesiocracy|Dominion Ecclesiocracy]] to have ascended upon her death to the Court of [[immortal spirits#Dekal the World-Shaper]]. |
==== Composition ==== | ==== Composition ==== | ||
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The source of this stabilising effect is unknown. It is thought that the precise position of the phosphate ions in fermite's crystal lattice constrains the Fermium-257 nucleus and prevents alpha-particle emission somehow. A number of experiments have been carried out in the last few centuries to introduce other unstable isotopes to the stabilising structure of fermite, allowing them to last for more than a few seconds. So far, success has been limited at best. | The source of this stabilising effect is unknown. It is thought that the precise position of the phosphate ions in fermite's crystal lattice constrains the Fermium-257 nucleus and prevents alpha-particle emission somehow. A number of experiments have been carried out in the last few centuries to introduce other unstable isotopes to the stabilising structure of fermite, allowing them to last for more than a few seconds. So far, success has been limited at best. | ||
- | [{{ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Pulsar_model.jpg/800px-Pulsar_model.jpg?150|Narrow beams of radiation from pulsars may cause fermite to form.}}] | + | {{ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Pulsar_model.jpg/800px-Pulsar_model.jpg?150|Narrow beams of radiation from pulsars may cause fermite to form.}} |
==== Occurrence ==== | ==== Occurrence ==== | ||