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'''Tylium''' is a fuel used in both the [[Original Series]] and [[Re-imagined Series]]. | |||
==Re-imagined Tylium== | |||
[[Image:HandofGod.jpg|right|thumb|[[Lee Adama|Apollo]] [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid|destroys a Cylon base]] to win supplies of tylium in ''[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]'']] | |||
Tylium is a material used to fuel the propulsion systems of Colonial and [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] spacecraft. Three forms are known of: tylium ore, refined tylium precursor, and refined tylium (the fuel itself). | |||
According to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]], tylium has the | Typically, tylium ore is mined from asteroids ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]) and is apparently not found on the [[Twelve Colonies]] natively. Large tylium ore deposits can keep fleets fueled for years. | ||
According to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] in the episode, "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]:" | |||
* Tylium ore is rendered inert and unusable when exposed to nuclear radiation | |||
* It is extremely easy to trigger a chain reaction in (compared to, say, uranium or plutonium), requiring only the heat and pressure generated by a conventional warhead exploding next to it | |||
* Refined tylium precursor is much easier to trigger than the fuel itself | |||
* Refined tylium has a tremendous energy density of approximately half a billion megajoules per kilogram, or about 6 times greater than Uranium-235 and 81% that of deuterium fusion. However, it's unknown how efficient Colonial and Cylon reactors are | |||
* Tylium's detonation results in no radioactive fallout | |||
==Original Tylium== | |||
Practically nothing on the fuel is told in the Original Series. | |||
In the Original Series, the term was pronounced as "TIE-lee-um" as opposed to "TILL-lee-um" in the Re-imagined Series, as heard in "[[Saga of a Star World]]." | |||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*The official series web page on the [http://www.scifi.com Sci-Fi Channel] web site incorrectly spells the substance as <b>"tyllium"</b> in the description of the [[Mining Ship]] on the Ships page. As the Original Series DVD material shows the spelling as "tylium," Battlestar Wiki contributors should use "tylium" as the correct spelling. | |||
*The official series web page on the [http://www.scifi.com Sci-Fi Channel] web site incorrectly spells the substance as " | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[[Substances in the Re-imagined Series]] for a discussion on the nature of tylium. | |||
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