Volcanos arent all the same. Some planets dont have them, some planets have acid volcanos, and maybe one planet has a supervolcano, but none of the less, volcanos. When volcanos erupt, lava comes out. When lava hits lands or water, the mass of that area is turned to stone. When acid hits lava, there is a explosion most likely making a crater.
What kinds of volcanos are there? What makes them different? Details make all the difference! What would cause an acid volcano? Normally volcanos are created when magma manages to slip between two tectonic plates on a planet, but such magma is under immense pressure. Why would acid touching lava cause an explosion? Acids are basically just water based solutions that contain a compound that releases hydrogen ions and would probably react just like normal water if exposed to lava. You might have a really good idea, but you need to flesh it out a bit to turn it into an actual suggestion.
Isn't it spelled Volcanoes? Anyhow, I think this has already been mentioned somewhere. Good idea, though, and the developers are planning on adding a lot of things like this, weather conditions and such,
First of all, get a bit of imaginination. Why does acid need to be the exact acid we find on earth? Why, do thousands of planets, need to have the same lava? And, on other planets, maybe there could be a certain part of the ground that is full of acid, and bursts up, thus creating volcano.
What if the core of the planet created a magma, that when exposed to the atmosphere the lava reacted violently and gained acidic properties? (PS. Magma = Under the crust, Lava = Exposed on the surface.) Could also be similar to how we have geysers, but instead of water and steam it is acid and acid rain
If you posted with some constructive details, I wouldn't have to use my imagination. If an acid differs from our definition of an acid, is it still really an acid? I never suggested that lava was all the same, but in general principle it will be somewhat similar. Intense pressure generates heat that causes rocks/minerals to melt, creating a viscous substrate we call magma. The magma, when erupting from a volcano, will become lava and usually result in lava flows that eventually turn to stone. You even suggested this behavior in your original post: This same phenomenon is how islands form. Why would the acid "burst up"? The pressures required to make this happen would require the acid pool to be vast and very deep. I never suggested otherwise or mixed these up, so I am not sure why you are pointing this out. It's still magma when it first slips through the cracks. Magma can have acidic properties, and in fact it often does. There would have to be a lot of them, but it could be possible. There is a geyser on our planet that emits water that has a pH under 4, but I cannot remember it's name.
I was just saying it for anyone who reads magma/lava and gets confused, there are a lot of non-native English speakers here on the forums.
A fair point. I guess I wasn't too concerned about it because the two get mixed up all the time and it doesn't really bother me.
It's been confirmed that it will be possible to have liquids under pressure, so hopefully we would be able to make our own volcanoes (acedentaly or on purpose) by digging into a magma pocket.
