Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > sci.physics > #541724 > unrolled thread
| Started by | Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| First post | 2015-12-26 20:11 -0600 |
| Last post | 2015-12-27 03:13 +0000 |
| Articles | 6 — 3 participants |
Back to article view | Back to sci.physics
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
| From | Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2015-12-26 20:11 -0600 |
| Subject | Exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal created |
| Message-ID | <p9Kdna27R5ZU1eLLnZ2dnUU7-bOdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
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. -- sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated to the discussion of physics, news from the physics community, and physics-related social issues.
[toc] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2015-12-27 13:32 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <de90ugFbrkdU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #541724 |
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.
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2015-12-26 20:46 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <p9Kdna-7R5a-zOLLnZ2dnUU7-bMAAAAA@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #541726 |
On 12/26/15 8:32 PM, Sylvia Else wrote: > 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. You are correct. -- sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated to the discussion of physics, news from the physics community, and physics-related social issues.
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Date | 2015-12-27 02:44 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <7tv3lc-3v4.ln1@mail.specsol.com> |
| In reply to | #541724 |
Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> 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. What's the cost compared to 6061-T6 aluminum and is it weldable and machineable? -- Jim Pennino
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2015-12-26 20:48 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <p9Kdna67R5blzOLLnZ2dnUU7-bOdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #541728 |
On 12/26/15 8:44 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> 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. > > What's the cost compared to 6061-T6 aluminum and is it weldable and > machineable? > > > 6061-T6 will be hard to beat. -- sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated to the discussion of physics, news from the physics community, and physics-related social issues.
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Date | 2015-12-27 03:13 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <6k14lc-c45.ln1@mail.specsol.com> |
| In reply to | #541731 |
Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/26/15 8:44 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> 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. >> >> What's the cost compared to 6061-T6 aluminum and is it weldable and >> machineable? >> >> >> > > 6061-T6 will be hard to beat. Especially since the price of magnesium is about 3 times that of aluminum, and it both burns and corrodes rather easily. One highly doubts the subject of this breathelss press release will be of any value at all. -- Jim Pennino
[toc] | [prev] | [standalone]
Back to top | Article view | sci.physics
csiph-web