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The Scientists announced today: "Steel I am, and steel I be, but no steel goes into making me."

Due to the above hint, moved all the steel tries to new tables at the bottom below the line where they can be ignored.

Clinker removed from data. Smelting conserves mass. Metal in = Clinker+Alloy out

Based on a full batch working with 3.5n Iron : n Gold : n/2 Titanium, looks like we have a winner. - Steele

((n+Ti)*2)+Ti, n gold, int(n/2 Ti) explains the 9,1,3
3.5n Iron : n Gold : n/2 Titanium doesn't work cause it says 10,1,3 would work & 9,1,3 is wrong

Sabt-Pestnu's Fun Things to Try

Just a couple of suggeestions...

• 7 iron, 1 titanium, 2 gold works.
• 140 iron, 20 titanium, 40 gold works too.
• 35 iron, 5 titanium, 10 gold should work, and failures hurt less.

• 16 iron, 2 titanium, 6 gold also works
• 48 iron, 6 titanium, 18 gold might also work
• 18 iron, 2 titanium, 6 gold would be interesting (1/3/9)

Aside from being aesthetically pleasing, 1/3/9 would mean 15 titanium, 45 gold, 135 iron would work. Or taking advantage of rounding, perhaps 15 titanium/40 gold/145 iron. Depends on what you find more expendable, titanium or gold... :)

Some values I found interesting...

Iron	Titanium	Gold	Success?
scaling volume
009	01	03	Yes
007	01	02	Yes
014	02	04	Yes
018	02	06	No (!)
140	20	40	Yes
035	05	10	Should work, untested
048	06	18	May work, untested
048	05	13	Untested
scaling iron
013	02	04	untested
014	02	04	Yes
015	02	04	Untested
016	02	05	Yes
scaling titanium
014	01	04	No
014	02	04	Yes
014	03	04	Untested but seems unlikely
scaling gold
007	01	02	Yes
007	02	01	No

It would seem profitable to continue attempting to increase the iron content while leaving titanium and gold the same....

• 17+ iron, 2 titanium, 5 gold

Once the maximum iron for 2 titanium and 5 gold is found, stepping the gold up one pip and seeing what works would seem useful.

• ?? iron, 2 titanium, 6 gold

Do as you like with these thoughts, though. After all, 140 iron, 20 titanium, 40 gold is a known recipe that produces more sun steel than most people currently need.

Iron, Gold, Titanium attempts:

Metal 1	Metal 2	Metal 3	Ratio	Researcher	Result	Doped?
9 Iron	1 Titanium	3 Gold	2n+3 iron, n gold 1 titanium	Midriver Flats	4 Sun Steel	NO
9 iron	1 Titanium	3 Gold		Tedra	6 Sun Steel	7:59:55
7 Iron	1 Titanium	2 Gold	((n+Ti)*2)+Ti, n gold, int(n/2 Ti) ??	Nebakhom	6 Sun Steel + 4 clinker	7:59:58
7 Iron	1 Titanium	2 Gold	2n+3 iron, n gold 1 titanium	FoA	3 Sun Steel + 7 clinker	NO
7 Iron	1 Titanium	2 Gold	7n iron, 2n gold, n titanium	KT	6 Sun Steel + 4 clinker	7:49:01 (oops)
14 Iron	2 Titanium	4 Gold		Calixes	6 Sun Steel	NO
14 Iron	2 Titanium	4 Gold		Heqa	6 Sun Steel	NO
14 Iron	2 Titanium	4 Gold	7n iron: 2n gold : n titanium	Shadow Caste	6 Sun Steel, 14 Clinker	NO
16 Iron	2 Titanium	5 Gold	((n+Ti)*2)+Ti, n gold, int(n/2 Ti)	Nebakhom	7 Sun Steel	No
140 Iron	20 Titanium	40 Gold	((n+Ti)*2)+Ti, n gold, int(n/2 Ti)	Steele	60 Sun Steel	No (slept through alarm)
140 Iron	20 Titanium	40 Gold	3.5n Iron : n Gold : n/2 Titanium	Steele	126 Sun Steel	7:59:59
70 Iron	10 Titanium	20 Gold	7n Iron : 2n Gold : n Titanium	OldJoe	63 Sun Steel	7:59:00
133 Iron	1 Titanium	65 Gold	2n+3 iron, n gold 1 titanium		clinker
63 Iron	1 Titanium	30 Gold	2n+3 iron, n gold 1 titanium	D&F	clinker	7:59:50
4 Iron	2 Titanium	1 Gold		FoA	Failure	NO
4 Iron	1 Titanium	2 Gold		FoA	Failure	NO
5 Iron	3 Titanium	1 Gold		FoA	Failure	NO
5 Iron	1 Titanium	3 Gold		FoA	Failure	NO
7 Iron	2 Titanium	1 Gold		FoA	Failure	NO
1 Iron	1 Titanium	1 Gold		Qetesh	Failure	NO
3 Iron	2 Titanium	1 Gold		Qetesh	Failure	NO
1 Iron	1 Titanium	1 Gold		Qetesh	Failure	NO
3 Iron	1 Titanium	1 Gold		Qetesh	Failure	NO
2 Iron	1 Titanium	2 Gold		Qetesh	Failure	NO
3 Iron	1 Titanium	2 Gold		Qetesh	Failure	NO
2 Iron	1 Titanium	3 Gold		Qetesh	Failure	NO
1 Iron	1 Titanium	3 Gold		Qetesh	Failure	NO
9 Iron	3 Titanium	1 Gold		Midriver Flats	Failure	NO
9 Iron	3 Titanium	3 Gold		Midriver Flats	Failure	NO
3 Iron	2 Titanium	1 Gold		Arcadia	Failed	NO
4 Iron	2 Titanium	1 Gold		Arcadia	Failed	NO
5 Iron	2 Titanium	1 Gold		Arcadia	Failed	NO
5 Iron	3 Titanium	4 Gold	Looking for n/n-1/n-2 result	Lathrod	Failure	NO
5 Iron	3 Titanium	4 Gold	Looking for n/n-1/n-2 result	Lathrod	Failure	NO
6 Iron	2 Titanium	1 Gold		Arcadia	Failed	NO
7 Iron	2 Titanium	1 Gold		Arcadia	Failed	NO
8 Iron	2 Titanium	1 Gold		Arcadia	Pending
9 Iron	2 Titanium	1 Gold		Arcadia	Pending
18 Iron	1 Titanium	6 Gold		Heqa	Failure
18 Iron	2 Titanium	6 Gold		Heqa	Failure
14 Iron	1 Titanium	4 Gold		Heqa	Failure
13 Iron	1 Titanium	5 Gold		Heqa	Failure
11 Iron	1 Titanium	4 Gold	2n+3 iron: n gold : 1 titanium	FoA	Failure	7:59:55
11 Iron	4 Titanium	8 Gold	looking for a 2/3 1/3 ratio	Lathrod	Failure	NO
11 Iron	4 Titanium	8 Gold	looking for a 2/3 1/3 ratio	Lathrod	Failure	NO
14 Iron	1 Titanium	4 Gold	3n+2 iron: n gold : 1 titanium	FoA	Failure	NO
18 Iron	1 Titanium	6 Gold	3n iron: n gold : 1 titanium	FoA	Failure	NO
13 Iron	1 Titanium	4 Gold	3n+1 iron: n gold : 1 titanium	FoA	Failure	7:59:55
18 Iron	1 Titanium	6 Gold	3n iron: n gold : 1 titanium	Shadow Caste	Failure	NO
11 Iron	2 Titanium	4 Gold	2n+3 : n/3 (round up) OR n-2 (min=1) : n	Steele	Clinker	no
11 Iron	2 Titanium	4 Gold	2n+3 iron: n/2(rounded down) : n gold	FoA	Failure	NO
18 Iron	3 Titanium	6 Gold	2n+3 iron : n/2 (rounded down) : n gold	FoA	Failure	NO
15 Iron	1 Titanium	6 Gold	2n+3 iron : 1 : n gold	Mosaic	Pending
13 Iron	1 Titanium	5 Gold	2n+3 iron : 1 : n gold	Mosaic	Pending
12 Iron	1 Titanium	4 Gold		Heqa	Failure
12 Iron	2 Titanium	4 Gold		Heqa	Failure
12 Iron	2 Titanium	3 Gold		Heqa	Failure
10 Iron	1 Titanium	3 Gold	3.5n Iron : n Gold : n/2 Titanium (distilled Nebakhom's equation)

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