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| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal created |
| Date | 2015-12-27 13:32 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <de90ugFbrkdU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <p9Kdna27R5ZU1eLLnZ2dnUU7-bOdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
On 27/12/2015 1:11 PM, Sam Wormley wrote: > Exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal created >> http://phys.org/news/2015-12-exceptionally-strong-lightweight-metal.html > >> A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of >> Engineering and Applied Science has created a super-strong yet light >> structural metal with extremely high specific strength and modulus, >> or stiffness-to-weight ratio. The new metal is composed of magnesium >> infused with a dense and even dispersal of ceramic silicon carbide >> nanoparticles. It could be used to make lighter airplanes, >> spacecraft, and cars, helping to improve fuel efficiency, as well as >> in mobile electronics and biomedical devices. >> >> To create the super-strong but lightweight metal, the team found a >> new way to disperse and stabilize nanoparticles in molten metals. >> They also developed a scalable manufacturing method that could pave >> the way for more high-performance lightweight metals. The research >> was published today in Nature. > > We need to know its fatigue behaviour before getting too excited. Sylvia.
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Exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal created Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 20:11 -0600
Re: Exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal created Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-12-27 13:32 +1100
Re: Exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal created Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 20:46 -0600
Re: Exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal created jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-27 02:44 +0000
Re: Exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal created Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 20:48 -0600
Re: Exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal created jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-27 03:13 +0000
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