Maximum temperature achievable without sandbox

[GreezyHammer]

So...I decided to see how far the metal refinery exploit can be pushed to try and get highest temp without sandbox, because why not.

Input tungsten at 5840 C , initially heated by a refinery.

Refinery output pipe is broken and it stores tungsten at 7570 C after making steel.

Everything uses insulation and is submerged into -180 C oxygen (or hydrogen) to soak-up the heat after output pipe first breaks.

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In the process, I've realized that the pump trick works nicely with a thermium pump and molten lead instead of naphtha.

Maybe a safer option for volcano tamers if lead drops into magma for any reason, compared to a mess that can be caused by naphtha.

[tuxii]

Now that sucrose burns you've hit the current ceiling afaik.

Have you considered liquid uranium with a steel pump?

[JRup]

15 hours ago, GreezyHammer said:

Maybe a safer option for volcano tamers if lead drops into magma for any reason, compared to a mess that can be caused by naphtha.

Only if magma does not approach lead's vaporization temperatures, which in some of your builds - well...