Vanishing Meteor Blaster

my dude, you have to cool your meteor blasters (for example using conduction panels).

they dont overheat, they straight up melt. the temperature of that varies based on construction material

Edited March 7 by SGT_Imalas

Thanks for the answer. Did not know, that buildings could melt, but it makes sense as a game mechanic. Although the building did not drop the liquid building materials, which I would expect in such a case.

What further confuses me is that it happened at different temperatures (I observed ~1500 and ~1200°C) when using the same material. And this temperature seems unrelated to the material used (in this case Gold Amalgam with melting point 1337 as stated in fandom wiki).

Edited March 7 by spacet

It probably did drop the liquid but if there was no background (natural or drywall), the liquid promptly vanished into space. This is an easy way to dispose of liquids you might not want, like nuclear waste.

Which segues to my alternative. @SGT_Imalas suggested cooling the building using the relatively new conduction panel. But since the building sits on a solid surface, you could also cool it by the following:

1. Create a shallow pool backed by drywall so liquids don't escape into space
2. Drop in just enough liquid (i.e. petroleum or water) to form a slick but not enough to cause flooding
3. Cool the liquid by running coolant pipes through it.

This trick also works for things like Steam Turbines.

Gold Amalgam melts at 1063.85° Celsius. The wiki you saw might have been quoting you degrees Kelvin.

got finally around to testing.

okay, you are right, they do indeed melt and they do indeed drop their materials. Though not as liquid, but in solid form (at ~300°C, weird, but okay), which is why I did not notice it before, due to all the meteor debris.

and yes, cooling helps:D so thanks again for your answers and suggestions!

(thread can be closed, I guess)

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