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Fictional chemical substance
A '''fictional chemical substance''' is a [[chemical element]], [[isotope]], [[compound]] or [[mineral]] that exists only in works of [[fiction]] (usually [[fantasy]] or [[science fiction]]). It should be noted that no actual periodic elements end in '-ite', though many [[mineral]]s have names with this suffix. Some of the materials listed below may indeed be minerals, alloys, or other such combinations instead of being pure elements, but fictional works are often vag(contracted; show full)!Source
!Uses
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|[[Adamant]]
|[[Diamond]]
|a stone of impenetrable hardness.
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|[[Agatean Empire|Agatean]] Thunder Clay
|''[[The Last Hero]]'', [[Discworld]]
|A powerful explosive, triggered by reacting with acid. The explosion also cancels out magic, possibly with the thaumatological equivilent of an [[electromagnetic pulse]].
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|[[Anti-ice]]
|[[Stephen Baxter]]
|A form of [[antimatter]], stable due to its [[superconductivity|superconductive]] properties, that releases vast quantities of energy when heated.
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|Archerite
|[[Star Trek]]: [[Enterprise]]
|A compound "invented" by Shran. Whilst pursuing the Xindi he claimed he was searching for the rare compound "Archerite".
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(contracted; show full)|''[[The Muller-Fokker Effect]]''
|Paving material.
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|Polydichloric Euthimal (PDE)
|''[[Terminator 2]]''
|Used here as a high explosive.
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|Porkanium Alloy
|''[[The Muppet Show]]''
|The material the ''SS Swine Trek'' is made of in ''Pigs In Space''. Parody of Tritanium.
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|[[Technology in Atlas Shrugged#Rearden Metal|Rearden Metal]]
|[[Ayn Rand]]'s ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''
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|[[Scrith]]
|The ''[[Ringworld]]'' novels
|Conceived by [[Larry Niven]] for the base structure of the [[Ringworld]]
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(contracted; show full)==See also==
*[[Archive of fictional things]]
*[[List of discredited substances]]

==External links==
*[http://members.shaw.ca/legion_of_super-heroes/equipment/elements/ Elements from DC Comics Legion of Super-heroes]

[[Category:Lists of fictional things|Chemical substances]]