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{{icon|ettmetal|msh|150px|thumb|right|The Allomantic symbol for ettmetal/harmonium}}
'''Ettmetal''',
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When burned by an [[Allomancer]], ettmetal has unknown properties.{{wob ref|6082}} Because of its explosive interaction with water, ingesting ettmetal is likely fatal even for Allomancers, though a full [[Mistborn]] with access to [[gold]] [[Compounding]] could burn it for some effect.{{wob ref|9321}}▼
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Due to the merging of [[Ruin]] and [[Preservation]]'s [[intent]]s into Harmony, ettmetal's [[Spiritual Realm|Spiritual aspect]] is in opposition with itself, leading to effects on the metal's [[Physical Realm|Physical aspect]], particularly its chemical properties, which makes it extremely reactive.{{wob ref|1663}}{{wob ref|2548}} After reacting with water, residual ettmetal hydroxide is left behind, though the substance's properties are unknown.{{wob ref|12680}} The [[Southern Scadrian]]s use ettmetal to create powerful bombs,{{book ref|mb6|22}} which the [[Set]] have been trying to replicate with limited success.{{book ref|mb6|epilogue}}
== Metallic Arts ==
{{icon|ettmetal|f|150px|thumb|right|The Feruchemical symbol for ettmetal/harmonium}}
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Ettmetal explodes when in contact with water.{{wob ref|8181}} After reacting with water, residual ettmetal hydroxide is left behind, though the substance's properties are unknown.{{wob ref|12680}} The [[Southern Scadrian]]s use ettmetal to create powerful bombs,{{book ref|mb6|22}} which the [[Set]] have been trying to replicate with limited success.{{book ref|mb6|epilogue}} [[Brandon Sanderson]] has described harmonium as "super-cesium" in reference to its violent chemical reaction with water.{{wob ref|2544}} [[Wikipedia:Cesium|Cesium]], like other alkali metals, is an extremely reactive real life metal and will cause an explosion with water even at sub-zero temperatures.▼
=== Mechanical Uses ===
▲Alloying atium and lerasium after Ruin and Preservation combined will not give harmonium. Splitting harmonium through distillation will give something different from atium and lerasium. While difficult, it is possible to split harmonium through some other means to get atium and lerasium.{{wob ref|12145}}
In conjunction with south [[Scadrian]] technology, ettmetal can reproduce Allomantic or Feruchemical powers within its vicinity.{{book ref|mb6|17}}{{book ref|mb6|29}} The Southern Scadrian have also used the metal in '''primer cubes''' which can somehow regulate ettmetal's effects with the flip of a switch.{{book ref|mb6|17}} When used Allomantically, the metal is said to burn "with a pure whiteness" and will slowly be consumed,{{book ref|mb6|22}} in the same way it would be by a Misting or Mistborn. It is used to fuel Southern Scadrian Allomantic technology, including their airships that run via [[steel]]pushing.{{book ref|mb6|22}}
== Trivia ==
* The term "harmonium" has never been used in the stories published so far, but Brandon Sanderson introduced the term in one of his talks even before the release of [[Shadows of Self]]{{wob ref|1033}} and has afterwards confirmed that it is another term for ettmetal.{{wob ref|2544}} [[Marasi]] probably did not know the term harmonium when [[Allik]] described ettmetal to her, as otherwise the word would have translated.{{book ref|mb6|22}}
* If harmonium followed the naming conventions of the other god metals it would have been named ''Sazedium''. However, [[Sazed]] didn't like the sound of it.{{wob ref|3539}}
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== Notes ==
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