Binding
Iron
Iron noun - A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood.
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- His "super-atomic" power plants work by (somehow or other) releasing the entire binding energy content of a nucleus, and as pointed out above, iron has more binding energy in its nucleus than any other element.
Source: Artistic License Chemistry - His own guards, horrified by the undead monster he had become, betrayed him, but they couldn't destroy him — instead, binding him in an iron face-mask, they sealed him away in the deepest cells of the Bastille, hoping he would never be free.
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At the time the specifics of the nuclear binding energy curve wouldn't have been well known, so there's every chance Smith chose iron simply because we use a lot of it on Earth, making it a good candidate for a material avaricious aliens might want to steal.
Source: Science Marches On
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