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- Larry Niven
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| Inertron | ||
| Material with all the properties of heavier metals, but lighter. |
| Inertron is the second great triumph of American research and
experimentation with ultronic forces. It was developed just a few
years before my awakening in the abandoned mine. It is a synthetic
element, built up, through a complicated heterodyning of ultronic
pulsations, from "infra balanced" subionic forms. It is completely
inert to both electric and magnetic forces in all the orders above the
ultronic; that is to say, the sub-electronic, the electronic, the
atomic and the molecular. In consequence it has a number of amazing
and valuable properties. One of these is the total lack of weight.
 ('Inertron Belt' from Armageddon: 2419 AD) Another is a total lack of heat. It has no molecular vibration whatever. It reflects 100 percent of the heat and light impinging upon it. It does not feel cold to the touch, of course, since it will not absorb the heat of the hand. It is a solid, very dense in molecular structure despite its lack of weight, of great strength and considerable elasticity. It is a perfect shield against the disintegrator rays. |
| Technovelgy from Armageddon: 2419 A.D.,
by Philip Frances Nowlan. Published by Amazing Stories in 1928 Additional resources -
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Here's how it is used:
Wilma and I had received our battle equipment from the Gear Boss. It
consisted of a long-gun, a hand-gun, with a special case of ammunition
constructed of inertron, which made the load weigh but a few ounces,
and a short sword. This gear we strapped over each other's shoulders,
on top of our jumping belts. In addition, we each received an
ultrophone, and a light inertron blanket rolled into a cylinder about
six inches long by two or three in diameter. This fabric was
exceedingly thin and but it had considerable warmth, because of the
mixture of inertron in its composition.
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