Fictional chemical substances, A-M
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Fictional chemical substances are compounds or minerals that exist only in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). Some of the materials listed as elements below may indeed be elements, but fictional works are often vague on such distinctions. Grouping is done by what seems most likely.
Other fictional chemical substances can be found in the following lists:
- Fictional chemical substances, N-Z
- Fictional elements, isotopes and atomic particles
- Fictional applications of real materials
- List of discredited substances
- List of fictional medicines and drugs
- List of fictional toxins
Fictional compounds and alloys
| Name | Source | Uses |
|---|---|---|
| Adamant/Adamantine/Adamantite | European Mythology, Middle-earth. RuneScape role-playing game Final Fantasy IV. | The term derives from the same Greek word as Diamond. It is first mentioned in Hesiod's Theogony, in which Gaia (Earth) fashions a sickle from the substance and gives it to her son Kronos in order to exact vengeance for the unseemly deeds of his reckless father, Ouranos (Sky). Adamant is usually described as a stone or metal of impenetrable hardness. The flying island of Laputa had an undershell of adamant, and its supporting magnet was pivoted on an adamant bearing. Note that adamantane is a real compound. |
| Adamantium | Marvel Comics, Samurai Jack, Warhammer 40000 some fantasy role-playing games | Once cast, this alloy cannot be bent, blunted, or broken. It is used in weapons, notably Wolverine's claws and various robots. Captain America's shield is sometimes said to be Adamantium, but is actually an unknown alloy of Admantium and Wakandan Vibranium. Adamantium was discovered by accident by Dr. Myron MacLain in an attempt to recreate the shield's metal. It is also used in the Warhammer universe as a material for forming part of Space Marine power suits and tank/spacecraft hulls. |
| Adegan Crystal | Star Wars | Crystals mined on the planet Ilum. Adegan Crystals are possibly the most important component of a lightsaber. Energy is refracted through the crystal then the emitter, thus producing the blade. The color of the lightsaber blade relies on the color of the crystal. The most common colors produced by Adegan crystals are blue and green, although other colors do exist. Adegan Crystals can be synthesized, a form favored by the Sith. The Sith methods result in a red crystal and blade, but it is possible for other colors to be synthesized as well. |
| Agatean Thunder Clay | The Last Hero, Discworld | A powerful explosive, triggered by reacting with acid. It is powerful enough that a charge set off at Cori Celesti, the hub of the Discworld, could severely disrupt the Disc's magical field. |
| Animal Spirits | The Ogre Downstairs by Diana Wynne Jones | Chemical, in a strange chemistry set, that gives life to inanimate objects such as a pipe, construction set toys, toffee bars, pencils, dustballs, and dolls. Allusion to Descartes' postulated fluid that communicated between mind and body. |
| Anistance | The One | Anistance is an element from the Drachan Universe that can be used to make non-metallic firearms. It was discovered by researchers during an early Quantum Tunneling expedition. Anistance is relatively inexpensive to extract in the Drachan Universe and sells for a high price on the Alpha Universe black market. |
| Anti-Ice | Stephen Baxter | A form of antimatter, stable due to its superconductive properties, that releases vast quantities of energy when heated. |
| Archerite | A meta-fictional substance. A compound "invented" by Shran. Whilst pursuing the Xindi he claimed he was searching for the rare compound "Archerite". | |
| Arcanite | World of Warcraft | An alloy created by Alchemists by combining a bar of Thorium and an Arcane Crystal. Used for the crafting of high level weapons, armour and machines |
| Arenak | E. E. Smith's Skylark of Space series | A transparent metal 500 times stronger and harder than the strongest and hardest steel, used primarily for spaceship armor. It is created by molding a plastic-like clay called the "matrix" into the desired shape, then coating the matrix in a weak saline solution and running an electric current across it. Pigments may be incorporated into the matrix to make opaque colored arenak. See also [This site], which postulates what the modern world would be like if Arenak really existed. |
| Argonite | Doctor Who serial "The Space Pirates" | A practically indestructible metal. This highly valuable mineral is only found on certain planets in one sector of the galaxy. It is used for constructing the hulls of space stations and space ships. |
| Azimium | The Caves of Karst by Lee Hoffman | Ionic complex behaving as an ultra-reactive halogen; hydroazimic acid is used to dissolve limestone in the submerged mines of the planet Karst. |
| Baldr | Ogre Battle | A metal physically similar to steel, but which is conducive to spells and magic. Equipment forged of Baldr increases the ability of the user to cast spells. |
| Baradium | Star Wars | A dangerously unstable explosive used in thermal detonators. It is one of the most powerful explosives in the Star Wars universe, but it is sensitive to heat and jarring. |
| Bassium / Bassnium / Forteium / Forteinium / Fortenium | Mega Man and Mega Man X? | It is found by Dr. Wily while making Bass / Forte. It is now used for Bass' internal system. Since whether it is a kind of energy or alloy is not stated, so it is unsure if it is for energy use or armor use. The discovery is mentioned in by Wily. Also it is very likely that Zero is also made with this. The Japanese exact wording is フォルテニウム. |
| Bendezium | Metroid Prime | A mineral only breakable by power bomb technology. |
| Biphase carbide | Ogre game | Conceived by Steve Jackson as fighting vehicle armor in the Ogre game |
| Blackrock | Ultima series | A mystical mineral that can bend space and time, and is known to resist magic. It is able to open portals to other dimensions and summon creatures through them, and it is crucial to producing the Black Moongate, by which the Guardian attempted to enter Britannia. It was also how the Avatar managed to escape the Guardian's trap on the world of Pagan (and became the Titan of Ether) and how he contained the Armageddon spell by which he ascends and the Guardian is destroyed. Blackrock is used in Ultima IX to make strong armor and a Blackrock sword, though its suitability for this purpose has never previously been established. |
| Black smoke | The War of the Worlds | Toxic gas used by Martian invaders. Spectrographic analysis shows an unusual triplet of blue lines. It is heavier than air and forms a black, crusty precipitate when exposed to water. |
| Blastolene | Jay Leno's "Blastolene Special" cars | Fictional product ('highly concentrated distillation of pure cozmic essence') purportedly produced by the fictitious Blastolene Corporation, fictional sponsors of two actually existing V12 tank-engined behemoth automobiles, including Jay Leno's Blastolene Special. |
| Bloodstone | Fullmetal Alchemist | A fragment of the alchemy amplification stone, the Philosophers' Stone, it is made available to members of the Seven Deadly Sins and allows alchemy without the hassle of drawing a transmutation circle. |
| Boroton | Battlestar Galactica (TOS) | In the original series, this compound was used as a .[link] |
| Brinstone | Metroid Prime | Brinstone is a mineral from brinstar that is breakable only by bomb technology. |
| Byzanium
| Raise the Titanic! | A substance mined in only one place in the world, whose properties allow it to create an impenetrable missile shield. |
| Carbonadium
| Marvel Comics | A malleable form of adamantium, in the Marvel Universe. |
| Cermicaltitan? / Right Ceramic Titanium? US: Ceratanium | Mega Man and Mega Man Zero | A kind of hard material suitable for building robots. The name is not the official translation. It is apparently the material Cut Man's blade is made out of. The Japanese exact wording is セラミカルチタン. Maybe it is from ceramics (セラミックス), calcium (カルシウム) and titanium (チタン). This material also appears in Mega Man Zero 4, as an item in the chip-making recipe. |
| Cheddite | Harry Harrison's Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers | A substance created by irradiating cheddar cheese, which allows instantaneous travel through space. |
| Chemical X | Power Puff Girls TV Series and Movie | As Prof. Utonium was attempting to create perfect little girls in his lab, his then assistant, Mojo Jojo, clumsily caused the accidental addition of "Chemical X", thus giving Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup flying abilities, heat vision, and other such super powers. |
| Cinnabryl | Mystara Dungeons & Dragons setting | A glowing red magical metal that temporarily halts the Red Curse created by vermeil (see below). Depleted cinnabryl is called red steel, and is used for weaponry and armour. Not to be confused with the real mercury ore cinnabar. |
| Collapsium | H. Beam Piper's works, Harry Harrison's Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers | According to a foot-note in Harrison's work: "Collapsium is an artificial material made of atoms with their binding energy reduced so they sort of collapse in upon themselves and are dense and heavy and that kind of thing". Piper's collapsium was used as armour and radiation shielding: once fabricated, the only thing that could cut it (eroding it atom by atom) was a high-energy particle beam from an accelerator. |
| Compound X07 | Marvel Comics | Experimental compound developed by A.I.M.. Granted Madcap his fantastic regeneration and recovery. |
| Corbomite | Star Trek episode "The Corbomite Maneuver" | A meta-fictional substance - a non-existent powerful self-destruct weapon - "invented" by Captain Kirk as a bluff when threatened with destruction by a vastly superior alien vessel. |
| Corrostop | Transformers Universes | An anti-corrosive protective liquid created by the Autobots from rare materials. Has the property of reversing certain kinds of corrosion, while simply halting others. |
| Cortosis | Star Wars | Brittle rock substance that, when cut into by a lightsaber, apparently interferes with it and shuts it off, and is destroyed in the process. Incorrectly interpretted as a common ore in various Star Wars video games (when it is actually virtually unknown,) where it neither shuts lightsabers off nor is destroyed (or even brittle, for that matter.) Rock with this mixed in it can take many hours to cut through with a lightsaber, and the Emperor used it as an inner lining in his palaces to prevent Jedi attackers from utilizing their favorite door-opening technique. |
| Cosmium | Invasion from the Infinite by John W. Campbell, Jr. | A "metal" composed of solidified light, much like Lux or Relux, but much stronger due to being made of cosmic ray photons instead of ordinary light photons. Its specific gravity is 5007.89, its tensile strength about 200,000 times that of steel. |
| Craylon gas | A toxic gas that appears on desert planets, rendering them inhospitable. | |
| Space Battleship Yamato | A "space alloy" used for energy transfer conduits. Necessary to reinforce the Yamato to withstand the side effects of firing the Wave Motion Gun. Can be found on Titan. | |
| Cuendillar/Heartstone | Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan | A white metal substance that is indestructible except through the influence of the Dark One. Whenever it is dealt a blow, it grows proportionally harder. The same applies if the One Power is used against it. The seals to the prison of the Dark One were made from this material. Some fans of the series believe that it can be made weaker by drawing power out of it, but there is no indication to this in the books as of 2006. |
| Cybertronium | Transformers | A crystaline substance only found on Cybertron. Cybertronium decay causes Cybertronians built on Cybertron to malfunction. Earth-built Cybertronians are immune. |
| Daelren | Arcana Unearthed | A crystal capable of holding memories found in Arcana Unearthed. |
| Dagal | E. E. Smith's Skylark of Space series | A material conceived by E. E. Smith for ship armor in the Skylark of Space series. Dagal is stronger than Arenak but weaker than Inoson |
| Dargonite | Marvel Comics | Possibly the same as uru, it is capable of penetrating Adamantium (see above). |
| Dark matter | Futurama | The fuel of the Futurama starship, a substance so heavy that, according to Professor Hubert Farnsworth, one pound of it weighs over ten thousand pounds . Leela's pet Nibbler excretes dark matter. This substance should not be confused with the real material dark matter, an astronomical term referring to elementary particles that do not emit radiation, but are detectable by their gravitational effects. |
| Darksteel | A metal that is, for all intents and purposes, indestructible. Yellowish bits of magical energy orbit anything made of the substance. Used in various robots, machines, and tools. Every card with Darksteel in the title is indestructible. However, every card that is indestructible is not made out of darksteel, as is noted by colored creatures such as Daimyo Konda | |
| Deathstone | Bleach | A granite-like material that has the ability to quickly disperse spiritual and psychic energy; causes nausea and an increasing sensation of pain to anyone trying to use those powers while near deathstone. An otherwise, dull-gray stone, this material is used in the building of the outer walls and prison structures of Soul Society as a safety precaution against intruders. |
| Deletium | UserFriendly | An unwanted substance typically removed from computer systems. Characterized by consistent performance failures and expensive upgrades. Also, any Microsoft product. |
| Dens. Drac. | The Ogre Downstairs by Diana Wynne Jones | This chemical appears in a strange chemistry set. It causes Greek Hell's Angels-type bikers to sprout from the ground like mushrooms when it is thrown on the ground. See also Dragon's teeth. |
| Di-Corellium (Di-Cor) | ''Crusader (computer game) | A tan-green colored, highly radioactive material. Di-Cor energy has replaced all other forms of power generation on Earth, making Di-Cor the most valuable substance in existence. The WEC operates a mining base on the dark side of the moon where political prisoners are forced into slave labor to mine the dangerous Di-Cor. |
| Dilithium | Star Trek | A reddish-orange crystal capable of moderating matter-antimatter annihilations, used in the reactors of many species' starships and a key system of a faster-than-light warp drive (Star Trek). Described by the forced-matrix formula 2<5>6 dilithium 2<:>1 diallosilicate 1:9:1 heptoferranide. |
| Dolemite | Futurama | A tough black mineral that won't cop out when there's heat all about. Fry's fossilized dog in the episode "Jurassic Bark" is encased in a hard shell of Dolemite, and Bender is 40% Dolemite. Reference to 1975 blaxploitation film Dolemite. Not to be confused with dolomite, which is a real mineral that is neither black nor particularly tough. |
| Dragon | RuneScape | A red material used to make weapons and armour, which cannot be mined, and is obtained through purchase in special stores, or slaying of monsters. The most acclaimed and most expensive in the game is the Dragon Chainmail, which can only be obtained by killing the Kalphite Queen, or is rarely dropped by Dust Devils. The second strongest material in RuneScape. |
| Dreamstone | Chrono Trigger | A red, crystal-like stone of extraterrestrial origin. Dreamstone is not only a highly conductive material (approximately 15-20 times that of silver), it is also capable of absorbing and holding charges for extended periods of time. Any energy Dreamstone absorbs can be used either directly or converted for other purposes. The Zeal Kingdom’s Mammon Machine was purpose-built to make use of Dreamstone’s energy-converting abilities. Although the process is difficult, Dreamstone ore can be forged into a steel-like metal. This process was used to forge the Masamune sword. According to mythology, humankind obtained sentience when it first came in contact with Dreamstone. |
| Duranium | Star Trek, Ut2k4 | A construction material in the Star Trek universe. Its name is based on that of the real alloy duralumin. Ut2k4 uses this as a construction material of vehicles, weapons and other objects. |
| Duodecaplylatomate | Galactic Patrol by E. E. Smith | This atomic explosive attains a temperature of about forty million degrees absolute in less than one microsecond. Commonly called "Duodec". |
| Eternium | Masters of the Universe (2002) | This rare metal is virtually indestructible. When refined properly, eternium is capable of being forged into powerful weapons, armor, and even prison cell doors. This unique metal makes up a large part of the alloy that He-Man's Power Sword is forged of. |
| Elerium-115 | XCom | This element has the unusual property of generating anti-matter power when bombarded with certain particles. This creates gravity waves and other forms of energy. It is not naturally found in our solar system and cannot be reproduced. |
| Elf Crystal | RuneSape | The strongest material in RuneScape. Cannot be mined, only purchased from Elves in Tiranwnn. Grown from crystal seeds, the elf crystal is currently the makeup of only the crystal sheild and crystal bow. The weapon returns to the seed once it has been dealt much damage, or has fired a certain number of shots. Can be replaced for 250,000 gold pieces. |
| Endurium | Starflight published by Electronic Arts | The item is used as a fuel for the starships in the game Starflight. Later in the game it turns out that the Endurium are actually lifeforms that have a very long lifespan. And they are the culprits for all the stars in the galaxy to flare. |
| Energon | Transformers | Possibly a form of compressed, solid energy. Can be found growing as purple, glowing crystals, or processed into "Energon Cubes" from mundane energy sources such as oil and electricity. Used as fuel/food by Cybertronians. Energon Crystals and Cubes are highly explosive. Exposure to concentrated energon (such as a large amount of crystals), can be hazardous to Maximals and Predacons. Overconsumption of particularly rich energon causes Cybertronians to act as if they were drunk. |
| Ferrocrete | Classic BattleTech, Warhammer 40,000, Star Wars Expanded Universe | A type of concrete containing, amongst other minerals, Iron. It is unusually tough and resistant to artillery fire and is mostly used for Imperial fortifications, although some starship hulls are composed of ferrocrete. |
| A type of stone that is composed of nanorobots. Flowstone can be programmed by focusing mental or magical energy on individual molecules. Flowstone has the specific ability to change in a 1:1 fashion with regards to the amount of damage it can do and its toughness. If a piece of flowstone becomes more damaging then it will become less resistant as is quantified by the common mechanic +1/-1. See also utility fog. | ||
| Flubber | Disney films The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber & Flubber | A rubberlike substance that rebounds from impacts with greater force than the original strike. This unlikely property leads to interesting applications such as leap-enhancing shoe soles and a flying car. |
| Force Metal | Mega Man X | A highly-refined substance that can be equipped to Reploids, thus giving them abilities beyond those they've been designed to have. |
| Formic Ethers | Black Terror and Terra Obscura comics | Created by pharmacist Bob Benton, exposure to Formic Ethers grants a person invulnerability and superstrength. Benton used this chemical to become the superhero Black Terror. |
| Garlicite | Harry Harrison's Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers | A hypothetical substance with unknown properties, the result of irradiating garlic salami. Contemplated when no cheddar cheese was readily available but never created. (See Cheddite). |
| GC-161 | The Secret World of Alex Mack | A mutagenic chemical that Alex Mack was exposed to. The chemical's mutagenic qualities is discovered to grant various superhuman abilities, most notably telekinesis, electrokinesis, and limited shapeshifting. The show's main villain, Danielle Atron, tried to market it off as a weight-loss aid. The chemical's unpredictable nature is a major focus of the series. |
| Gekiganium | Martian Successor Nadesico | In the Martian Successor Nadesico anime series, the main characters often watch another (fictional) anime series called Gekigangar III. This series-within-a-series features robots built out of a supposedly indestructible alloy referred to as Gekiganium. Given Nadesico's tradition of parodying Super Robot anime, Gekiganium is a reference to the fact that many Super Robots were constructed out of rare, nigh-indestructable alloys that they are named for (or vice versa). |
| Ghaet | Flipism | A green metal with red streaks. Flip's sword is made of this metal. Nearly indestructible. http://freewebs.com/church_of_the_flip |
| GND | Gundam Wing | Genetic on Universal Neutrally Different Alloy. a.k.a. Gundanium (not to be confused with Gundarium, a.k.a. Luna Titanium of Universal Century Gundam). Created in high temperature plasma only formed in zero gravity, with molecular scale refinements only possible in gravitionally stable Lagrange Points. Electrically neutral and almost entirely resistant to change, it is used in the manufacture of special beam weapons and armor. Expensive cost to manufacture prohibits general military use. |
| Gravitational Atoms | Stephen Baxter's novel Ring'' | Atoms formed of microscopic black holes in much the same way that ordinary atoms are formed from protons, neutrons and electrons. Only exists in an alternate universe where the gravitational constant is many billions of times stronger than it is in our universe. |
| Gummi | Kingdom Hearts | A very colorful, element that is solid, yet malleable. Blocks of gummi can be fused together to construct vessels capable of safe, interdimensional travel. Also, beings with strong hearts can transform into gummis, thus allowing their physical form to be summoned from oblivion. Note: Not to be confused with the German term "Gummi" which simply means "Rubber". |
| Hagane | Vagrant Story | An alloy made by combining iron and bronze. Used to make both weapons and armour. (Hagane is Japanese for "steel.") |
| Herculanium | Blake's 7 | An immensely strong material used to armor the ships of The System. |
| Herculite | USOS Seaview | A material conceived by Theodore Sturgeon for the windows of USOS Seaview |
| Hudderite | Paul Preuss's novel The Core | A compound able to scratch diamond and solid under extreme temperatures and pressures. Used as drill components to drill into unprecedented depths and horizontal distances. Composed of carbon, beryllium and silicon. |
| Ice-9 | Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut | An alternative crystalline arrangement of water molecules not naturally occurring on earth for lack of a seed crystal. Has a melting point of 114.4 degrees Fahrenheit, and turns all water it comes into contact with into ice-nine. Not related to the real-world Ice IX |
| Ichor | Greek mythology | In Greek mythology, ichor (Greek ἰχώρ) is the mineral that is the Greek gods' blood, sometimes said to have been present in ambrosia or nectar. When a god was injured and bled, the ichor made his or her blood poisonous to mortals. The term ichor has also been used to describe the substance in vampires' veins. |
| Illyrion | Nova by Samuel R. Delany | Mixture or alloy of superheavy elements - mined in trace amounts, found in large ingots in stellar novas - the vastly-prized energy source in Delany's space opera novel. |
| Imipolex G | Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon | A plastic invented by German chemist Laszlo Jamf and used in post-WWII rocketry. Cross-links among its chemical chains can be controllably formed and re-broken, making it the world's first erectile polymer. |
| Impervium | Henry Kuttner's 'Clash by Night' and 'Fury' | A transparent, nearly indestructible material. The sub-ocean cities on Venus were built beneath giant impervium domes. Impervium is now used as the trademark for a hard, wear-resistant stainless steel alloy |
| Inertron | Buck Rogers and DC comics (Legion of superheroes) | The hardest, densest substance in the DC universe. Almost completely indestructible and impenetrable. |
| Inoson | E. E. Smith's Skylark of Space series | A material conceived by E. E. Smith for ship armor in the Skylark of Space series. It has the theoretical ultimate in strength possible for any material possessing molecular structure, being 2000 times stronger and harder than the strongest and hardest steel. Inoson is transparent, and of purple color. |
| Irid. Colour | The Ogre Downstairs by Diana Wynne Jones | This chemical appears in a strange chemistry set. When splashed in the eye, it causes one to fade from one colour to another. Skin, hair, nails, and eyes are all affected by the colour changes. |
| Ithildin | The Middle-earth series by JRR Tolkien | An alloy of Mithril, Ithildin is mainly used for decorations or secret inscriptions and has the property of reflecting only star- or moonlight. |
| Kachine Ore | Dragon Ball Z universe | A heavy, black substance with infinite rigidity. Not hard to materialize. Named for the sound it makes when tapped. Seen in the episode, "Out From the Broken Sword." |
| Keiyurium | Star Trek, esp. '' | A key component of transporter technology. The name is a nod to Kei and Yuri of anime fame (see Dirty Pair) |
| Kemocite | A multi-phasic isotope that has many applications, depending on the level of refinement. Kemocite was one of the key components in the Xindi weapon and was produced by a Xindi-Sloth plant led by Gralik. Also a highly valuable contraband smuggled by Quark, Rom and Nog in the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode Little Green Men. | |
| Khaydarin | StarCraft | Bluish-white crystals sensitive to psychic emissions, they are used by the Protoss to power starships, armor, weapons and shields. |
| Krakatit | Krakatit by Karel Čapek | An extremely powerful explosive. Its name is derived from Krakatoa, an Indonesian volcano. |
| Kryptonite | Superman, Smallville | Usually, a glowing green rock from Krypton (comics), it is an actual fragment of the planet itself imbued with radiation from the destruction. It is Superman's/Clark Kent's only weakness, and is capable of killing him. See also the entry on Kryptonite for other forms of the substance. |
| Latinum | Star Trek | A liquid which cannot be replicated or synthesized. Used as a dominant form of currency by the Ferengi. As it is difficult to properly measure liquid for currency transactions, premeasured amounts of latinum are inserted into hollow cores of gold bullion of various sizes, leading to the standard units (approximately): 40,000 slips = 400 strips = 20 bars = 1 brick and, in today's money, 1 brick is approximately US$1000. With the latinum removed, the gold is considered worthless. For an exposition on the future of money and how latinum might come to be, see "Proposal for an Ideal Nano-Specie: Gold-Pressed Latinum" by Robert Freitas [link] [link]. There has been talk of the name "latinum" being used in the real world as an informal name for the theorized element ununquadium (element 114). |
| Liquid Electricity | Liquid Electricity, or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid (1907) | The "distilled essence of electricity" in liquid form, a (usually) glowing substance easily stored in bottles. It provided fantastic energy and super-speed when used as a fuel for automobiles, aircraft, and machines of all sorts. One variant of liquid electricity could be drunk by humans, who often did so for comedic effect in silent film comedies. |
| Live Metal | Mega Man ZX | A metamorphic material that can contain memories or information about past events. Live Metals can be merged to create new forms. |
| Lor | Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs | A tremendously energy-dense airship propellant.
"Fuel for the life of the ship was aboard; and it took up very little space, for it could all be held in the palm of one hand." Lor "contains an element called yor-san (see above), as yet unknown to Earth men, and another element, vik-ro (see above), the action of which upon yor-san results in absolute annihilation of the lor," thus yielding tremendous energy as compared to a mere chemical reaction. |
| Luna Titanium | Universal Century Gundam | a.k.a. Gundarium, because of its use in the famed RX-78 Gundam mobile suit. Virtually impenetrable from 120 mm tank cannon ammunition, is erosion and weather proof, and has some degree of resistance from energy weapons. Manufactured in zero gravity, and, despite its name, is not made on the moon, but originally from the Earth Federation's asteroid base, Luna 2. |
| Lux and Relux | Islands in Space by John W. Campbell, Jr. | "Metals" composed of solidified light photons, created by condensing light so greatly that the photons are held together by their gravitational fields. Both have a specific gravity of 103.5 and are much stronger than steel, though not as strong as Cosmium. Lux is transparent and a perfect conductor of electricity and heat; Relux resembles a mirror, and is a perfect insulator of electricity and heat. |
| Maban | Australian Aborigine mythology | A magical substance from which karadjis, or Aborigine wise-men, derive their alleged magical powers. Its appearance is variously likened by different Australian Aboriginal tribes to quartz crystals, tektites, or mother of pearl. |
| Magestone | Mage Knight | A crystalline substance coveted by the Atlantean Empire for technomagical experiments. Causes mutations with prolonged exposure; mutants are known as Mage Spawn. |
| Magicite | Final Fantasy VI; | The remains of dead magical beings called Espers. Can be used to transfer the Esper's magic to normal humans or to machines which are then called Magitek. When worn, a person can summon the Esper the Magicite came from. |
| Magnozite | Legion of Superheroes | Purplish metal alloy that is strong enough to be used in forming bars and cages. Its other properties and uses are unknown. However, it is the one known substance that natives of Bismoll (homeworld of Legionnaire Matter-Eater Lad) cannot consume. |
| Mako | Final Fantasy VII | Energy refined from Lifestream in Mako reactors. Some mutagenic properties; often used in the military to make soldiers stronger and faster, although long-term exposure can cause Mako poisoning or monsterous mutations. When compressed into crystal form, they are then called Materia. Materi can be then worn on bangles or put in slots on weapons, which allows users to cast magic spells or summon creatures to fight for them when equipped. Materia may be natural or manufactured. |
| Met Alloy | Mega Man | This is the material used to create the hat of a Mettool. Other names include Mettonium, and Nerpium. |
| Misc. Pulv. | The Ogre Downstairs by Diana Wynne Jones | This chemical appears in a strange chemistry set. When two people eat grains of the foul-smelling (and tasting) chemical, they swap bodies. The only way to switch back is to eat another grain. |
| Mithril / True-silver | The Middle-earth series by JRR Tolkien and is featured in various videogames. | Malleable, shiny metal which was skillfully shaped by dwarves. It had both a decorative purpose, especially in an alloy called ithildin , and also was hard and light enough for armour. The metal was much prized after the fall of Khazad-dûm where the metal was chiefly mined. |
| Mixmaster | Tremors | A compound that combines organisms at the chemical level (DNA). Engineered in a secret government lab underneath Perfection, Nevada by, among other people, a scientist named Cletus Pofferberger. Among things created by Mixmaster are the hyper-vicious beast 4-12 and a cloud of bacteria that feeds off of moisture. Specifically designed not to affect human DNA. |
| Mizzium | A highly resilient and heat-resistant alloy invented by and named for Niv-Mizzet, the genius dragon guildmaster of the Izzet League of Ravnica. A variant known as invizomizzium is equally tough but transparent. Mizzium transreliquats are capable of shifting their functions to those of any nearby mechanical device. | |
| Molecular Acid | The Alien'' series | The blood of a xenomorph acts like an extremely potent acid, melting through almost any substance in seconds. Captain Dallas remarked that he had "never seen anything like that except molecular acid." |
| Moonsilver | Exalted | Also known as lunargent, moonsilver is considered by the Lunar Exalted to be a gift from their patron, the moon goddess. It must be harvested by moonlight, using no crafted tools, forged at night and cooled only with water that has never seen the sun. Swords made of moonsilver are more accurate, bows shoot farther and armor is much lighter. Like the protean Lunars, moonsilver can shift into new forms easily. |
| Moonstone/Moon Crystal | Skies of Arcadia | A crystalline substance used as an all-purpose plot device in Skies of Arcadia; moonstones dropped by each different moon have different elemental properties (yellow stones are electrical; red stones are fiery, etc.) and can be used to fuel magic and technology. Moon Crystals are very large moonstones as powerful as thousands of smaller Moonstones and can be used to control the Gigas mecha of the ancient world. |
See also
- Archive of fictional things
- Fictional chemical substances, N-Z
- Fictional elements, isotopes and atomic particles
- Fictional applications of real materials
- List of discredited substances
- List of fictional medicines and drugs
- List of fictional toxins
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- Allotropic Iron: (used for power generation? high-density storage of iron for interstellar shipping? in E E Doc Smith's Lensman series)
- Aetherium - From Castle in the Sky; The material from which Sheeta's pendant is made and also which allows Laputa to float
- Basidumite (from Eleanor Cameron's "Mushroom Planet" series)
- Bio-Metal: an alien metallic alloy from the Battle Zone PC-game, containing human DNA. Bio-metal is easy to shape and is self-powered.
- Calculon: An alloy invented by Professor Calculus in the Tintin books, notable for being incredibly heat resistant and therefore vital to the success of Calculus' moon rocket.
- Charichalcum: Stronger than Orichalcum, a dark metal from Traci Harding's The Ancient Future Series.
- Dalekenium: The metal with which the Daleks built their "Bodies"
- DATURA: A chemical from the book "Coin Locker Babies" by Ryu Murakami with military applications. No relation to the real-world psychedelic drug, Datura aka Jimson weed.
- Deutronium: The power source used in "Lost in Space" for the Jupiter II.
- Dureum - E. E. Smith's Lensman series
- Durium: A sapphire blue super-alloy made of ultra elements with a nucleus of neutrons and negatrons (and orbital protons instead of electrons) from the "Mightiest Machine"/"Incredible Planet" series by John W. Campbell, Jr. Resistium was the "hydrogen" of the ultra elements.
- Dust (from His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman) The elementary particle of sentience, usually invisible.
- Elementium: a metallic alloy in World of Warcraft comprised of Elementium Ore, found in Blackwing Lair, arcanite bars and elemental flux.
- Eonite: indestructible material in Little Orphan Annie series; Saran polyvinylidene chloride (used in Saranwrap) by Dow Chemical Company was originally dubbed "eonite"
- Ghost Rock: From Pinnacle's Deadlands RPG. Super Powered coal seemingly discovered as a byproduct of California's falling into the ocean. It can burn indefinitely, although it releases ghostly vapors and an ominous whine, hence the term, 'ghost rock.'
- Imponderal (from Lewis Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno)
- Judayum (From the movie The Hebrew Hammer) Powers the Jewish Atomic Clock. So rare that it only exists "within the clock itself". A blue glowing liquid.
- Krell Metal (from Forbidden Planet) A dense metal capable of absorbing and dissopating huge amounts of energy, including neutron radation. Not suitable for structural construction, as the Krell built their towers of Adamantine steel instead.
- Lanthanil, from Steven R. Lawhead's Dragon King series
- Levistone, from Final Fantasy, a dark crystal with anti-gravity properties required as the power source of the airship.
- Marvellium: a gray compound used the building of life-like super robots in the Fawcett Comics (pre-DC) version of Shazam! comics.
- Metatron: An ore used in the Zone of the Enders series. Nearly indestructable, it is used in the construction of Orbital Frames and most computer systems.
- unobtanium: A metal used in the construction of the center of the earth transport the film CORE indestructable.
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