Gettin greasy ...

[Konrad]

Well, if you're gonna go with graphite, then HOPG would seem the best choice ...

[Kayin]

Sure would.

Now what was the price on that? You are absolutely correct, pyrolytic graphite is the best, but considering dry graphite is so bloody cheap, we could always tack together something workable and test it. The stuff you were talking about seems well beyond what most people can do. This will be a lot like AS5, but better thermally, we'll have the ability to manufacture in bulk, and we can market it with little issue.

If you can get it cheap, though, I'm all for it. I can make a base for it on the fly, so if you can get it cheap I'll make up some of it and test it too.

I love having compounding materials here at the house...

[Konrad]

lol, you could always try pyrolysis-at-home with a pressure cooker. End result might not be "purest" grade, but it should be good enough and low cost. You'll know it's done when a sample can be magnetically levitated.

[Kayin]

If you'll get me the instructions, I'll try and get a cheap pressure cooker for the thrift store. This could get FUN!

[Kayin]

This has not been abandoned. If I get a pressure cooker, how much pressure?

[mDust]

If I get a pressure cooker, how much pressure?

Geez...what are you doing now?
10-20psi I think. 15psi is the standard cooking pressure.

[Kayin]

To make pyrolytic graphite?

[Konrad]

lol, you could always try pyrolysis-at-home with a pressure cooker. End result might not be "purest" grade, but it should be good enough and low cost. You'll know it's done when a sample can be magnetically levitated.

Haha, er ... sorry to get your hopes up with my own high hopes.

I think you'd need some serious industrial pressure. Like, hydraulic compression in a blast furnace kinda stuff. Not as much as you'd need to synthesize diamonds, but not far off.

You could try pressure-cooking at home, ramp it up as hot and high as you can (safely) get it. The results would be pretty interesting.

[mDust]

You could try pressure-cooking at home, ramp it up as hot and high as you can (safely) get it. The results would be pretty interesting.

HAHA! As interesting as it would be, I would publicly advise against this... Why? *BANG! SIRENS. FAMILY CRYING AT YOUR FUNERAL.* That's why.

[Konrad]

... ramp it up as hot and high as you can (safely) get it.

lol, no doubt Kayin is more qualified that I am at mad science anyhow.

But a safety reminder never hurts, eh? Modding ain't as much fun when you're bleeding and burning.