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Boeing demonstrates lightest metal ever
phys.org ^ | October 15, 2015 | Bob Yirka

Posted on 10/15/2015 10:44:31 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: alancarp

3D printing?


21 posted on 10/15/2015 11:04:56 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (If God himself said every 50 years debt should be erased, and land returned, who am I to disagree?)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Well, it’s worth a ‘nickel’.......................8^)


22 posted on 10/15/2015 11:07:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Glad2bnuts

Not given currently technology, but then none of this constitutes ‘current technology’, so there’s the rub.


23 posted on 10/15/2015 11:09:08 AM PDT by alancarp
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To: Red Badger
Graphene
24 posted on 10/15/2015 11:15:12 AM PDT by amorphous
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To: ctdonath2

Aye, Scotty.


25 posted on 10/15/2015 11:23:49 AM PDT by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: ctdonath2
Transparent aluminum is aluminum oxide in crystal lattice.

Also know as industrial sapphire.

High end watch crystals are sometimes made of it.

http://www.gtat.com/products-and-services-sapphire-for-industrial-markets.htm

Al2O3

http://www.gia.edu/gia-news-research-Sapphire-Series-Introduction-to-Sapphire-and-Synthetic-Sapphire

26 posted on 10/15/2015 11:24:05 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Red Badger

What about its strength?


27 posted on 10/15/2015 11:31:00 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: Mr. K

I’m sure it is good for something, if only for dishes on tabletops of dandelions. As a battery electrode it might have some promise.


28 posted on 10/15/2015 11:34:43 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: thackney
Yeah, yeah, but they're talking to Democrats. These are people who have trouble making that leap from aluminum foil to an organized crystal structure.

Transparent aluminum sounds sexier than sapphire, and when you show a lexan box that they assume is solid, the illusion is complete, and they start looking for it at Home Depot.

29 posted on 10/15/2015 11:36:12 AM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

“...”(I) am not sure what is gained out of it being made from an actual metal alloy other than scientific curiosity...”

Well, if it is replacing plastic components, this stuff won’t burn, should be able to tolerate a wider range of temperatures, which would be useful properties for air and space vehicles.


30 posted on 10/15/2015 11:36:18 AM PDT by Rebel_Ace (HITLER! There, Zero to Godwin in 5.2 seconds.)
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To: aquila48

The video has some more info..................


31 posted on 10/15/2015 11:38:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Rebel_Ace; HiTech RedNeck

It also absorbs energy......................


32 posted on 10/15/2015 11:40:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

Roswell continues to provide... 70 years later.


33 posted on 11/09/2015 5:10:52 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: hattend

Roswell was just a scout ship. The BIG MOTHER-SHIP is still on its way.........................


34 posted on 11/09/2015 6:11:01 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger


35 posted on 11/09/2015 6:21:18 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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Pic no show.....................


36 posted on 11/09/2015 6:30:34 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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