Why Are Old Sea Bases Rusty?

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  • ShuttleBugShuttleBug USA Join Date: 2017-03-15 Member: 228943Members
    Maybe the "rust" is just some kind of life form attracted to metal.

    I mean it is and alien world is it not
  • narfblatnarfblat Utah, USA Join Date: 2016-05-15 Member: 216799Members, Forum Moderators, Forum staff
    Are there titanium alloys that could be corroded this way?
  • TenebrousNovaTenebrousNova England Join Date: 2015-12-23 Member: 210206Members
    I always figured it was caused by diatom colonies.
  • zetachronzetachron Germany Join Date: 2014-11-14 Member: 199655Members
    kingkuma wrote: »
    Titanium DOES rust, it just does very slowly. In 100,000 years (not a typo), the titanium in your laptop will finally begin to corrode.

    Funny, but the only structures that old on Subnautica are not made of titanium. In any case a few hundred years shouldn't count. The only place for titanium structures to corrode should be the acidic Lost River. It also happens to be the only place of a ruined Precursor base.
    ShuttleBug wrote: »
    Maybe the "rust" is just some kind of life form attracted to metal.

    I mean it is and alien world is it not

    Nice idea. Rust mimics.
  • kingkumakingkuma cancels Work: distracted by Dwarf Fortress Join Date: 2015-09-25 Member: 208137Members
    starkaos wrote: »
    kingkuma wrote: »
    Titanium DOES rust, it just does very slowly. In 100,000 years (not a typo), the titanium in your laptop will finally begin to corrode.

    Titanium rust is what causes its corrosion resistant properties. Also, Titanium oxides are not reddish in color. However, putting Titanium in the Active Lava Zone will cause corrosion to occur. A form of bacteria like the Carar would be a reasonable explanation for why the abandoned bases look like they are rusted. There is also the starfishes in the abandoned seabases that could cause corrosive effects on Titanium that looks like rust.

    I was just saying titanium rusts. I wasn't saying that was the titanium on the seabase rusting. Also, for the "waterborne microbe / fish excrement" theory - ISLAND BASES, PEOPLE.

  • DaveyNYDaveyNY Schenectady, NY Join Date: 2016-08-30 Member: 221903Members
    kingkuma wrote: »
    starkaos wrote: »
    kingkuma wrote: »
    Titanium DOES rust, it just does very slowly. In 100,000 years (not a typo), the titanium in your laptop will finally begin to corrode.

    Titanium rust is what causes its corrosion resistant properties. Also, Titanium oxides are not reddish in color. However, putting Titanium in the Active Lava Zone will cause corrosion to occur. A form of bacteria like the Carar would be a reasonable explanation for why the abandoned bases look like they are rusted. There is also the starfishes in the abandoned seabases that could cause corrosive effects on Titanium that looks like rust.

    I was just saying titanium rusts. I wasn't saying that was the titanium on the seabase rusting. Also, for the "waterborne microbe / fish excrement" theory - ISLAND BASES, PEOPLE.

    Alien Bird Poo

    B)
  • AgentSkellyAgentSkelly Chicago Illinois At The Moment Join Date: 2017-03-09 Member: 228760Members
    edited March 2017
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    Even after the whole fish pee idea titanium dioxide is very white its so white they use it to color your milk
  • AgentSkellyAgentSkelly Chicago Illinois At The Moment Join Date: 2017-03-09 Member: 228760Members
    edited March 2017
    Although Titanium can rust in sea water if the sea water is over 110.C but we have thermometers in game so still could not be that
  • scifiwriterguyscifiwriterguy Sector ZZ-9-Plural Z-α Join Date: 2017-02-14 Member: 227901Members
    Even after the whole fish pee idea titanium dioxide is very white its so white they use it to color your milk

    Tested, but not implemented on a widespread basis. Too much trouble for not enough gain. It's still in plenty of other items you ingest, though. Toothpaste, a lot of candy, some cheeses...all kinds of products, really. But it's nothing to get worked up about; it's biologically inert - all that folderol you hear about titanium dioxide being a carcinogen is misleading at best. Only when it's inhaled has it been shown to have any carcinogenic potential, and even that was pretty slight. Eating or drinking it is harmless.
  • AgentSkellyAgentSkelly Chicago Illinois At The Moment Join Date: 2017-03-09 Member: 228760Members
    Even after the whole fish pee idea titanium dioxide is very white its so white they use it to color your milk

    Tested, but not implemented on a widespread basis. Too much trouble for not enough gain. It's still in plenty of other items you ingest, though. Toothpaste, a lot of candy, some cheeses...all kinds of products, really. But it's nothing to get worked up about; it's biologically inert - all that folderol you hear about titanium dioxide being a carcinogen is misleading at best. Only when it's inhaled has it been shown to have any carcinogenic potential, and even that was pretty slight. Eating or drinking it is harmless.

    yes
  • DagothUrDagothUr Florida Join Date: 2016-07-12 Member: 220125Members
    If you ever want a laugh as a sci-game developer to find steel on the periodic table.
  • DaveyNYDaveyNY Schenectady, NY Join Date: 2016-08-30 Member: 221903Members
    edited March 2017
    DagothUr wrote: »
    If you ever want a laugh as a sci-game developer to find steel on the periodic table.

    Heh...

    Hell, most folks would be hard pressed to find 'Steel' on the Periodic Table.

    But they would still look for it.

    < chuckle >
    B)
  • starkaosstarkaos Join Date: 2016-03-31 Member: 215139Members
    DaveyNY wrote: »
    DagothUr wrote: »
    If you ever want a laugh as a sci-game developer to find steel on the periodic table.

    Heh...

    Hell, most folks would be hard pressed to find 'Steel' on the Periodic Table.

    But they would still look for it.

    < chuckle >
    B)

    Any slowly go insane trying to find it. It is amazing how many materials can be created with differing amounts of iron and carbon. Especially, when you add heat treatment techinques. Titanium might be better, but Steel makes the world go round.
  • omegatauromegataur Spain Join Date: 2016-01-28 Member: 212240Members
    i'd love to scrap them...
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