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Some areas of the evil meant lair are not for the eyes of the average minion. There is only one way in and out of this area, there is no door blocking the way but a lava waterfall pouring from the ceiling, completely covering the section of the corridor. The lava is actively recycled and a mechanism "opens" the waterfall from the center when the villain approaches.



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    Some areas of the evil meant lair are not for the eyes of the average minion. There is only one way in and out of this area, there is no door blocking the way but a lava waterfall pouring from the ceiling, completely covering the section of the corridor. The lava is actively recycled and a mechanism "opens" the waterfall from the center when the villain approaches.



    Is this setup possible? Are there materials that can consistently contain molten rock without melting?










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      Some areas of the evil meant lair are not for the eyes of the average minion. There is only one way in and out of this area, there is no door blocking the way but a lava waterfall pouring from the ceiling, completely covering the section of the corridor. The lava is actively recycled and a mechanism "opens" the waterfall from the center when the villain approaches.



      Is this setup possible? Are there materials that can consistently contain molten rock without melting?










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      Some areas of the evil meant lair are not for the eyes of the average minion. There is only one way in and out of this area, there is no door blocking the way but a lava waterfall pouring from the ceiling, completely covering the section of the corridor. The lava is actively recycled and a mechanism "opens" the waterfall from the center when the villain approaches.



      Is this setup possible? Are there materials that can consistently contain molten rock without melting?







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          Go ahead and make lava.



          https://www.gamma-meccanica.it/mineral-wool-production-lines/rock-wool/melting-furnace/?lang=en



          stone wool factory



          Rock is melted and whipped into insulation. Depicted - a factory doing just that. More here on this related question - Can stone be "recycled" by melting and cooling it?



          For purposes of making a glowing molten wall, you could use other industrial processes - a metal refinery has all sorts of glowing hot molten stuff pouring here and there (hopefully mostly there). Or a glass recycling plant. Bonus - your Evil Lair could have a plausible raison d'être as a factory of some sort.






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            Ceramics would work nicely with a simple Archimedes screw to pump the lava.






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              This potentially sounds like a really practical solution, but your answer is a bit short, could you flesh it out at all? For example, can ceramics actually take the heat of molten lava without being damaged? Can ceramics be shaped into an archimedes screw? Any examples or backing information you can add will improve the quality of your answer.
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              This answer has been flagged as low quality and may be deleted as inadequate if an edit is not made to expand on the ideas presented here. Remember that the community is dedicated to providing detailed answers instead of one-liners.
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            Withstanding the heat is the easy part.



            Continuously flowing lava is by far harder than the heat, even the air is too cold and will cause lava to solidify. lava falls are temporary occurrences. the better you want it to flow the hotter it has to be. Lava is also extremely abrasive and will scour material very quickly, like faster than most industrial abrasive processes quickly. flowing lava can carve away inches of concrete in a single event.



            As for containing it, yeah that's the easy part. We even have steel alloys that will handle it just fine, tungsten steels can handle even hte hottest lavas. even the hottest lavas are only 2000 degrees celsius, to get it to flow easily you only need to get it to around 1200 degrees. You will need to replace your container often however as no matter what it is it will wear away/out fairly quickly.






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              Sapphire.



              She's one of my favorite gems too



              I'm serious! Here's an interesting thing: Randall Munroe was once asked what could be used instead of glass for a hypothetical lava lamp that containing actual lava. His response includes some interesting tidbits:




              You have a few choices for transparent materials that could hold the lava without rupturing and splattering half the classroom with red-hot droplets. Fused quartz glass would be a great choice. It's the same stuff they use in high-intensity lamp bulbs, the surface of which can easily get up to mid-range lava temperatures. Another possibility is sapphire, which stays solid up to 2,000°C, and is commonly used as a window into high-temperature chambers.



              🎶 Go ahead and try to hit me if you're able...




              If the sapphire wall/floor/ceiling is thick enough, it will not be too transparent.



              But if you are not into gems and want to save some money, you could, you know, just build your room out of the stuff that lava usually flows over.






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                Go ahead and make lava.



                https://www.gamma-meccanica.it/mineral-wool-production-lines/rock-wool/melting-furnace/?lang=en



                stone wool factory



                Rock is melted and whipped into insulation. Depicted - a factory doing just that. More here on this related question - Can stone be "recycled" by melting and cooling it?



                For purposes of making a glowing molten wall, you could use other industrial processes - a metal refinery has all sorts of glowing hot molten stuff pouring here and there (hopefully mostly there). Or a glass recycling plant. Bonus - your Evil Lair could have a plausible raison d'être as a factory of some sort.






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                  Go ahead and make lava.



                  https://www.gamma-meccanica.it/mineral-wool-production-lines/rock-wool/melting-furnace/?lang=en



                  stone wool factory



                  Rock is melted and whipped into insulation. Depicted - a factory doing just that. More here on this related question - Can stone be "recycled" by melting and cooling it?



                  For purposes of making a glowing molten wall, you could use other industrial processes - a metal refinery has all sorts of glowing hot molten stuff pouring here and there (hopefully mostly there). Or a glass recycling plant. Bonus - your Evil Lair could have a plausible raison d'être as a factory of some sort.






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                    Go ahead and make lava.



                    https://www.gamma-meccanica.it/mineral-wool-production-lines/rock-wool/melting-furnace/?lang=en



                    stone wool factory



                    Rock is melted and whipped into insulation. Depicted - a factory doing just that. More here on this related question - Can stone be "recycled" by melting and cooling it?



                    For purposes of making a glowing molten wall, you could use other industrial processes - a metal refinery has all sorts of glowing hot molten stuff pouring here and there (hopefully mostly there). Or a glass recycling plant. Bonus - your Evil Lair could have a plausible raison d'être as a factory of some sort.






                    share|improve this answer












                    Go ahead and make lava.



                    https://www.gamma-meccanica.it/mineral-wool-production-lines/rock-wool/melting-furnace/?lang=en



                    stone wool factory



                    Rock is melted and whipped into insulation. Depicted - a factory doing just that. More here on this related question - Can stone be "recycled" by melting and cooling it?



                    For purposes of making a glowing molten wall, you could use other industrial processes - a metal refinery has all sorts of glowing hot molten stuff pouring here and there (hopefully mostly there). Or a glass recycling plant. Bonus - your Evil Lair could have a plausible raison d'être as a factory of some sort.







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                        Ceramics would work nicely with a simple Archimedes screw to pump the lava.






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                        • 2




                          This potentially sounds like a really practical solution, but your answer is a bit short, could you flesh it out at all? For example, can ceramics actually take the heat of molten lava without being damaged? Can ceramics be shaped into an archimedes screw? Any examples or backing information you can add will improve the quality of your answer.
                          – Ruadhan
                          55 mins ago






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                          This answer has been flagged as low quality and may be deleted as inadequate if an edit is not made to expand on the ideas presented here. Remember that the community is dedicated to providing detailed answers instead of one-liners.
                          – Frostfyre
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                        Ceramics would work nicely with a simple Archimedes screw to pump the lava.






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                        • 2




                          This potentially sounds like a really practical solution, but your answer is a bit short, could you flesh it out at all? For example, can ceramics actually take the heat of molten lava without being damaged? Can ceramics be shaped into an archimedes screw? Any examples or backing information you can add will improve the quality of your answer.
                          – Ruadhan
                          55 mins ago






                        • 1




                          This answer has been flagged as low quality and may be deleted as inadequate if an edit is not made to expand on the ideas presented here. Remember that the community is dedicated to providing detailed answers instead of one-liners.
                          – Frostfyre
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                        Ceramics would work nicely with a simple Archimedes screw to pump the lava.






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                        Ceramics would work nicely with a simple Archimedes screw to pump the lava.







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                        • 2




                          This potentially sounds like a really practical solution, but your answer is a bit short, could you flesh it out at all? For example, can ceramics actually take the heat of molten lava without being damaged? Can ceramics be shaped into an archimedes screw? Any examples or backing information you can add will improve the quality of your answer.
                          – Ruadhan
                          55 mins ago






                        • 1




                          This answer has been flagged as low quality and may be deleted as inadequate if an edit is not made to expand on the ideas presented here. Remember that the community is dedicated to providing detailed answers instead of one-liners.
                          – Frostfyre
                          25 mins ago












                        • 2




                          This potentially sounds like a really practical solution, but your answer is a bit short, could you flesh it out at all? For example, can ceramics actually take the heat of molten lava without being damaged? Can ceramics be shaped into an archimedes screw? Any examples or backing information you can add will improve the quality of your answer.
                          – Ruadhan
                          55 mins ago






                        • 1




                          This answer has been flagged as low quality and may be deleted as inadequate if an edit is not made to expand on the ideas presented here. Remember that the community is dedicated to providing detailed answers instead of one-liners.
                          – Frostfyre
                          25 mins ago







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                        2




                        This potentially sounds like a really practical solution, but your answer is a bit short, could you flesh it out at all? For example, can ceramics actually take the heat of molten lava without being damaged? Can ceramics be shaped into an archimedes screw? Any examples or backing information you can add will improve the quality of your answer.
                        – Ruadhan
                        55 mins ago




                        This potentially sounds like a really practical solution, but your answer is a bit short, could you flesh it out at all? For example, can ceramics actually take the heat of molten lava without being damaged? Can ceramics be shaped into an archimedes screw? Any examples or backing information you can add will improve the quality of your answer.
                        – Ruadhan
                        55 mins ago




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                        This answer has been flagged as low quality and may be deleted as inadequate if an edit is not made to expand on the ideas presented here. Remember that the community is dedicated to providing detailed answers instead of one-liners.
                        – Frostfyre
                        25 mins ago




                        This answer has been flagged as low quality and may be deleted as inadequate if an edit is not made to expand on the ideas presented here. Remember that the community is dedicated to providing detailed answers instead of one-liners.
                        – Frostfyre
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                        Withstanding the heat is the easy part.



                        Continuously flowing lava is by far harder than the heat, even the air is too cold and will cause lava to solidify. lava falls are temporary occurrences. the better you want it to flow the hotter it has to be. Lava is also extremely abrasive and will scour material very quickly, like faster than most industrial abrasive processes quickly. flowing lava can carve away inches of concrete in a single event.



                        As for containing it, yeah that's the easy part. We even have steel alloys that will handle it just fine, tungsten steels can handle even hte hottest lavas. even the hottest lavas are only 2000 degrees celsius, to get it to flow easily you only need to get it to around 1200 degrees. You will need to replace your container often however as no matter what it is it will wear away/out fairly quickly.






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                          up vote
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                          Withstanding the heat is the easy part.



                          Continuously flowing lava is by far harder than the heat, even the air is too cold and will cause lava to solidify. lava falls are temporary occurrences. the better you want it to flow the hotter it has to be. Lava is also extremely abrasive and will scour material very quickly, like faster than most industrial abrasive processes quickly. flowing lava can carve away inches of concrete in a single event.



                          As for containing it, yeah that's the easy part. We even have steel alloys that will handle it just fine, tungsten steels can handle even hte hottest lavas. even the hottest lavas are only 2000 degrees celsius, to get it to flow easily you only need to get it to around 1200 degrees. You will need to replace your container often however as no matter what it is it will wear away/out fairly quickly.






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                            Withstanding the heat is the easy part.



                            Continuously flowing lava is by far harder than the heat, even the air is too cold and will cause lava to solidify. lava falls are temporary occurrences. the better you want it to flow the hotter it has to be. Lava is also extremely abrasive and will scour material very quickly, like faster than most industrial abrasive processes quickly. flowing lava can carve away inches of concrete in a single event.



                            As for containing it, yeah that's the easy part. We even have steel alloys that will handle it just fine, tungsten steels can handle even hte hottest lavas. even the hottest lavas are only 2000 degrees celsius, to get it to flow easily you only need to get it to around 1200 degrees. You will need to replace your container often however as no matter what it is it will wear away/out fairly quickly.






                            share|improve this answer














                            Withstanding the heat is the easy part.



                            Continuously flowing lava is by far harder than the heat, even the air is too cold and will cause lava to solidify. lava falls are temporary occurrences. the better you want it to flow the hotter it has to be. Lava is also extremely abrasive and will scour material very quickly, like faster than most industrial abrasive processes quickly. flowing lava can carve away inches of concrete in a single event.



                            As for containing it, yeah that's the easy part. We even have steel alloys that will handle it just fine, tungsten steels can handle even hte hottest lavas. even the hottest lavas are only 2000 degrees celsius, to get it to flow easily you only need to get it to around 1200 degrees. You will need to replace your container often however as no matter what it is it will wear away/out fairly quickly.







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                                Sapphire.



                                She's one of my favorite gems too



                                I'm serious! Here's an interesting thing: Randall Munroe was once asked what could be used instead of glass for a hypothetical lava lamp that containing actual lava. His response includes some interesting tidbits:




                                You have a few choices for transparent materials that could hold the lava without rupturing and splattering half the classroom with red-hot droplets. Fused quartz glass would be a great choice. It's the same stuff they use in high-intensity lamp bulbs, the surface of which can easily get up to mid-range lava temperatures. Another possibility is sapphire, which stays solid up to 2,000°C, and is commonly used as a window into high-temperature chambers.



                                🎶 Go ahead and try to hit me if you're able...




                                If the sapphire wall/floor/ceiling is thick enough, it will not be too transparent.



                                But if you are not into gems and want to save some money, you could, you know, just build your room out of the stuff that lava usually flows over.






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                                  Sapphire.



                                  She's one of my favorite gems too



                                  I'm serious! Here's an interesting thing: Randall Munroe was once asked what could be used instead of glass for a hypothetical lava lamp that containing actual lava. His response includes some interesting tidbits:




                                  You have a few choices for transparent materials that could hold the lava without rupturing and splattering half the classroom with red-hot droplets. Fused quartz glass would be a great choice. It's the same stuff they use in high-intensity lamp bulbs, the surface of which can easily get up to mid-range lava temperatures. Another possibility is sapphire, which stays solid up to 2,000°C, and is commonly used as a window into high-temperature chambers.



                                  🎶 Go ahead and try to hit me if you're able...




                                  If the sapphire wall/floor/ceiling is thick enough, it will not be too transparent.



                                  But if you are not into gems and want to save some money, you could, you know, just build your room out of the stuff that lava usually flows over.






                                  share|improve this answer






















                                    up vote
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                                    up vote
                                    1
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                                    Sapphire.



                                    She's one of my favorite gems too



                                    I'm serious! Here's an interesting thing: Randall Munroe was once asked what could be used instead of glass for a hypothetical lava lamp that containing actual lava. His response includes some interesting tidbits:




                                    You have a few choices for transparent materials that could hold the lava without rupturing and splattering half the classroom with red-hot droplets. Fused quartz glass would be a great choice. It's the same stuff they use in high-intensity lamp bulbs, the surface of which can easily get up to mid-range lava temperatures. Another possibility is sapphire, which stays solid up to 2,000°C, and is commonly used as a window into high-temperature chambers.



                                    🎶 Go ahead and try to hit me if you're able...




                                    If the sapphire wall/floor/ceiling is thick enough, it will not be too transparent.



                                    But if you are not into gems and want to save some money, you could, you know, just build your room out of the stuff that lava usually flows over.






                                    share|improve this answer












                                    Sapphire.



                                    She's one of my favorite gems too



                                    I'm serious! Here's an interesting thing: Randall Munroe was once asked what could be used instead of glass for a hypothetical lava lamp that containing actual lava. His response includes some interesting tidbits:




                                    You have a few choices for transparent materials that could hold the lava without rupturing and splattering half the classroom with red-hot droplets. Fused quartz glass would be a great choice. It's the same stuff they use in high-intensity lamp bulbs, the surface of which can easily get up to mid-range lava temperatures. Another possibility is sapphire, which stays solid up to 2,000°C, and is commonly used as a window into high-temperature chambers.



                                    🎶 Go ahead and try to hit me if you're able...




                                    If the sapphire wall/floor/ceiling is thick enough, it will not be too transparent.



                                    But if you are not into gems and want to save some money, you could, you know, just build your room out of the stuff that lava usually flows over.







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